MCO 5214.2G - Marine Corps Information Requirements (Reports) Management Program

Scope

MCO 5214.2G establishes the Marine Corps Information Requirements (Reports) Management Program. The order assigns responsibilities, sets policy, and prescribes procedures for managing recurring and one-time information collections across the Marine Corps. Information collections include forms, requests for information, data calls, surveys, and electronic reporting systems. The order operationalizes SECNAVINST 5210.16 at the Marine Corps level.

Audience

Every Marine Corps commander, Command Reports Manager, and staff section processing information collections. Adjutants, S-1 chiefs, and AR (Administration and Resource Management) program managers run the daily program. Higher headquarters program managers coordinate Marine Corps-wide reporting requirements.

Chapter map (high-level)

• Chapter 1. General Information. Purpose, applicability, and responsibilities (paragraph 3a covers the Reports Management Program scope and the 3-year review).
• Chapter 2. Information Requirement Procedures. Case file establishment and life cycle (paragraph 7a Appendix A).
• Chapter 3. Reports Inventory. Inventory of valid and cancelled reporting requirements (paragraph 1).
• Chapter 5. Periodic Review. 3-year review cycle for all existing reports (paragraph 1, paragraph 2d).
• Chapter 6. Public Information Collections. OMB approval rules for collections from 10 or more members of the public (paragraph 1d).

Key paragraphs

• Paragraph 4b(4)(a). Command Reports Management Program directive promulgation.
• Paragraph 4b(4)(b). Command Reports Manager appointment in writing.
• Paragraph 4b(4)(c). Reports management continuity binder.
• Paragraph 4b(4)(e). Case file maintenance for local reporting requirements.
• Paragraph 4b(4)(f). Local reporting requirements published in command directive.
• Paragraph 5b(2). DITPR-DON registration for electronic reports systems.
• Appendix A. Case file template and content.

Connection to higher policy

• SECNAVINST 5210.16. Department of the Navy Reports Management Program. Parent DON policy.
• 5 CFR Part 1320. Paperwork Reduction Act framework for OMB approval.
• SECNAV M-5210.1. DON Records Management Manual cross-reference.
• SECNAV Note 5210. Electronic records management cross-reference.

Status

Active. The current order is MCO 5214.2G. The Marine Corps Administration and Resource Management Division (AR) holds program sponsorship through the Administrative Records and Directives Branch (ARDB).