COMDTINST 5040.6A governs Coast Guard assessment, inspection, and audit activities through a coordinated AIA governance structure.
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It establishes the AIA Compliance Oversight Board and Configuration Control Board, assigns FORCECOM as the primary coordinator, and addresses risk assessment, consolidation, scheduling, and redundancy. It also requires AIA results to be collected, analyzed, reported, and shared to support trend analysis and process improvement.
Applies to: All Coast Guard unit commanders, Commanding Officers, Officers-In-Charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements shall comply with the provisions of this Instruction.
To minimize the burden that internal U.S. Coast Guard Assessment, Inspection, and Audit (AIA) activities places on units without sacrificing overall operational readiness. (paragraph 1)
AIA activity results shall be collected, analyzed, and reported for trend/best practice analysis and procedural process improvement. (paragraph 1)
The AIA COB and CCB, and FORCECOM shall govern and oversee all AIA activities.
AIA Classification and Process Business Rules govern the Classification and Validation steps of the AIA governance cycle. (paragraph 4)
An electronic version will be located on the following Commandant (CG-612) web sites: Internet site: http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/directives/ and CG Portal: https://cgportal2.uscg.mil/library/directives/SitePages/Home.aspx. (paragraph 8)