COMDTINST 5213.9B governs the Coast Guard Forms Management Program, including form design, testing, publication, maintenance, review, and cancellation.
View COMDTINST 5213.9B on armypubs.army.mil
The publication addresses privacy compliance, information collections, accessibility, worksheets, checklists, form definitions, expiration dates, and the Coast Guard Forms Electronic Library. It requires forms to undergo review, meet applicable standards, and carry required privacy or OMB information where applicable.
Applies to: This Instruction applies to Coast Guard forms and does not provide guidance on forms that are created by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, or other Federal departments or agencies.
All Coast Guard forms must be reviewed as a publication using Directives, Publications, and Forms Validation, Form CG-5215A for documentation of this review.
All forms must be maintained by Sponsors and will auto expire at 10-years.
A Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA) must be completed for all new forms, a Privacy Act Statement (PAS) or Privacy Notice (PN) will be required for all forms regardless of whether they collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or not; CG-6P will make the determination on the type of notice during their review process.
Official Coast Guard forms that have a purpose to request information from the general public must display the OMB control number, burden statement, and expiration date on the form (with very rare OMB exception to not display the expiration date).
All electronic forms must pass the most current Section 508 accessibility standards before being published.