The Coast Guard Correspondence Manaual — CIM_5216_4C.pdf

This Manual provides Coast Guard policy for correspondence formats, clearance procedures, writing standards, and other correspondence related issues. The objective of the Coast Guard’s Correspondence Management Program is to produce effective correspondence efficiently. This Manual is a guide to show how to do this. It serves to ensure compliance with requirements of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Order 1325.2C, and other appropriate federal regulations, to improve the quality, tone, clarity and responsiveness of correspondence. The standards in this Manual are designed to save time for originators, typists and readers. Careful planning and preparation will accomplish this.