ALCOAST 145/25 - MAR 2025 REDUCING THE BURDEN OF MANUAL DATA COLLECTION AND ENTRY ON OPERATIONAL FORCES TO IMPROVE READINESS AND PROFICIENCY

R 271456Z MAR 25   MID320000810092U
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS
ALCOAST 145/25
SSIC 1321
SUBJ: REDUCING THE BURDEN OF MANUAL DATA COLLECTION AND
ENTRY ON OPERATIONAL FORCES TO IMPROVE READINESS AND PROFICIENCY
A. FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 101730Z DEC 24/ALCOAST 458/24
B. Directives System Program: Commandant Instruction (CI), ALCOAST,
and Other Publications, COMDTINST 5215.6 (series)
1. REF (A) directs actions to reduce the burden of manual data
collection and entry on the Coast Guard to improve readiness and
proficiency. It required elimination by 1 March 2025 of recurring
reports that are redundant, of little value, and that create
alternate unofficial data pools that are separate from authoritative
data sources.  
2. A recurring report is any action that requires the collection
and manual entry or manual reporting of data on a repeating basis
to higher authority. Recurring reports are normally documented or
established in CG Directives (e.g., Commandant Instruction or
General Message) per REF (B), but are also commonly created at
Headquarters or levels within the chain of command by other means
(e.g., message, memorandum, email).
3. Per REF (A), the authority to require or establish a recurring
report is restricted to those promulgated as part of the CG
Directives system or issued by memorandum personally signed by a
Flag officer, Senior Executive Service member, or the MCPOCG.
This authority is non-delegable.
4. Effective immediately, any recurring report not specifically
authorized in a Commandant Instruction, ALCOAST, or in a written
memo personally signed by a Flag officer, Senior Executive Service
member, or MCPOCG is unauthorized and shall be disregarded. 
5. ADM K. E. Lunday, Acting Commandant (CCG), sends.
6. Internet release is authorized.