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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
ALASKA REGION (REGION 10)
JUNEAU, ALASKA
FSM 1600 – INFORMATION SERVICES
CHAPTER 1630 – PUBLICATIONS
Supplement No.: 1600-2014-1
Effective Date: March 17, 2014
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ Ruth M. Monahan (acting)
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 3/17/14
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year.
Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement. Retain this
transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last R-10 supplement to this title was 16002003-1 to chapter 30.
New Document
1600-2014-1
3 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
1600-2003-1
3 Pages
Digest:
1630.11: Adds web, video and exhibits to list of information activities such as printed,
audiovisual, graphic, electronic, and other media forms.
1630.3: 1630.3b: Changes code from (Alaska Region, Forest Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture) to conform to new USDA Visual Information Guide dated January 2013.
1630.42a: Changes wording of Regional Forester responsibilities to conform to parent text. Also
clarifies composition of Regional Publication Control Committee.
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1630.42b: Clarifies responsibilities of Forest Supervisor and Forest Publication Control
Committee.
1631.14: Requires use of new R10-1600-6 (2014) to replace obsolete Lotus Notes Publication
Database form. Also requires Publication Control Committees to meet on an “as needed” basis in
addition to an annual meeting. Author is required to obtain approval before beginning work on a
publication.
1633.11: Clarifies that the Chugach National Forest publication specialist also has delegated
authority to procure commercial printing following GPO guidelines.
1630.11 - Printing, Publications, and Information Dissemination
This supplement covers policies and procedures for information activities in printed, audiovisual,
graphic, electronic, and other media forms, including web, video and exhibits.
1630.3 - Policy
Publications must display the wording U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska
Region on the cover.
1630.42a - Regional Foresters, Station Directors, Area Director, and Institute
Director
It is the responsibility of Regional Forester to:
1. Publish, print, and distribute information at field headquarters and report these
activities. Except for approval of publications, these line officers may delegate these authorities
to the Regional Director, Office of Communication, or to one or several persons who function as
the unit’s Publications Control Officer, Printing Officer, or Distribution Officer (FSM 1633.04).
The authority to approve publications is delegated to the Regional Forester. In accordance with
delegations of general authority at FSM 1231.3 and 1236, their deputies or actings also may
approve publications.
2. Appoint a Publications Control Committee to review proposals for new publications as
well as revisions and reprints of existing ones in their respective areas of responsibility. The
Regional Publication Control Committee will include a representative from the Regional Office
Natural Resources Staff, State & Private Forestry, and each Forest. The Director of Public
Affairs Office will serve as the permanent Chair. The Regional Publications Specialist is the
Publications Control Officer and the Administrative Secretary.
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3. Provide for professional writing, editing, and illustrating of publications needed in
their respective areas of responsibility. The line officer retains responsibility for publishing until
a publication is issued, even if the author transfers to another duty station.
4. Review manuscripts related to their respective area of responsibility and originated by
field personnel or by contractors to be published by the Department of Agriculture, the Forest
Service, or cooperators or to be published in commercial or private journals, magazines, books,
and other external publications.
1630.42b – Forest Supervisors and Assistant Station Directors for Research and
Development
1. Forest Supervisors. It is the responsibility of Forest Supervisors to plan publications
that are needed on their Forests, to arrange for technical review of manuscripts, and to distribute
publications to users.
The Forest Supervisor may establish a Publication Control Committee to be composed of
Forest Staff Officers and other employees as designated by the Forest Supervisor. The Public
Affairs Officer will serve as the permanent Chairman.
1631.1 - Publications Review Requirements
The Publication Control Committee will review publications based on the need to make
recommendations to the Regional Forester about:
1. Regional: Publications with National or Region-wide use, scope, impact, audience, or
policy implications.
2. Forest Supervisors' Offices: Publications with local Forest or Ranger District use,
scope, impact, audience, or policy implications.
1631.14 - Processing Proposals for Publication
Use form R10-1600-6, Rev. R10 (11/12), Publication Proposal and, if applicable, a letter
justifying the use of multi-color printing, to request approval for all publications except
administrative documents exempted by FSM 1631.12 and 1631.13. Only Forest Supervisors,
their designated Publications Officers, or RO Staff Directors may approve form R10-1600-6.
Units shall forward all proposals for publications of Region-wide scope or interest to the
Regional Publications Control Committee and appropriate functional staff. Units shall forward
all proposals for publications with local Forest or Ranger District use, scope, impact, audience,
or policy implications to the Forest Publication Control Committee or Public Affairs Officer. The
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Committees will meet at least once annually or on an “as needed” basis to review proposal
packages.
Approval must be obtained from the appropriate Publication Control Committee, as well as
approval of plans for funding, before the author begins work on a publication.
1633.11 - Commercial Printing
Refer all printing requests to the Regional Publication Specialist. The Chugach National Forest
publication specialist also has delegated authority to procure commercial printing following GPO
guidelines. Purchasing Agents may procure commercial printing only with written authorization
from the Regional Publication Specialist.