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DA Form 260 handles one job: request for publishing - da administrative publications. The official title is REQUEST FOR PUBLISHING - DA ADMINISTRATIVE PUBLICATIONS. Download it below, fill it in, sign it, send it where your directive says. The edition on this page is 06/01/2018, status ACTIVE, running 1 page(s) with about 200 fields to complete.
CIO is the proponent, AR 25-30 the prescribing authority. Read the directive only if something about your situation departs from the standard case. Otherwise the form is filled by the individual it describes, or by the records clerk keeping the file, and reviewed through the printed signature blocks.
The formats are PDF, XFDL, and the choice comes down to keyboard or pen. Fillable pdf for typing — live fields, tab order, saved entries. Printable pdf for handwriting — same page, no interactive objects, print it blank. Content is identical; only entry method differs.
A standalone reader is the safe choice for fillable work. Browser viewers vary in whether entered data survives the session, and there is no warning when it does not; a one-field save test settles it in seconds. Xfdl means IBM Lotus Forms. The Lotus Forms Viewer opens it; pdf readers and word processors do not.
Nothing is charged and no sign-up applies. Files are served as published, without changes to the page image.
What the form asks for
- ACOM_Commander
- ACOM_Commander_Rank_Grade
- ACOM_Commander_Signature
- ACOM_Date
- Action_Officer
- Action_Officer_Email
- Action_Officer_Phone
- Administrative_Revision
- Air_Force_Check_Nomenclature
- Air_Force_Check_POC_Action_Officer
- Air_Force_Nomenclature
- Air_Force_POC_Action_Officer
- Army_Directive
- Army_General_Order
- Army_Regulation
- Binding
- Button8
- Certify_Current
- Classification_No
- Classification_Yes
- Coast_Guard_Check_Nomenclature
- Coast_Guard_Check_POC_Action_Officer
- Coast_Guard_Nomenclature
- Coast_Guard_POC_Action_Officer
Header first, always. Name as your official records spell it, identification number, unit, date of preparation — these four index the finished record, and an error in them hides the document from anyone searching for it later. The substantive blocks can wait thirty seconds.
Move between fields with tab; the build-time order follows the page and misses nothing. Click check boxes and option buttons, and expect an exclusive group to release the old choice when you set a new one. The trap is field width. Single-line fields do not wrap, so an overlong entry displays complete on screen and prints cut at the margin — put it in remarks or on a continuation instead. Mark inapplicable fields rather than leaving them blank, since an empty box carries no information about whether the question was read.
The signature closes the form and nothing precedes it. Draft status holds until it is applied, by hand or by an accepted electronic method. Countersignatures go in printed order, each dated at signing. Then one final read from the top, looking for the four recurring defects: empty mandatory fields, swapped digits in identification numbers, day-month inversion in dates, and residue from a reused file that goes forward as though intended.
Read the Privacy Act statement at the point it appears. Authority, purpose, routine uses, mandatory or voluntary — four facts, and they govern what you are about to enter. A completed copy holds personal data and takes the handling rules that attach to it.
Send it where the directive says: the office it names, the unit administrative channel, or the individual's file. Take your copy before submission. How long the record is held comes from the schedule for the series, not from the office holding it.
Related forms are found by series and number. DA series documents under the same proponent or the same prescribing directive are commonly required as a set, and any form named on the face of this one goes forward with it. Assemble continuations, covers and transmittals before submitting, not after the query comes back.
Check the edition date before reusing a saved copy. Revisions come from the proponent without notice to you, and the printed date is the only version marker on the page. Already-submitted records under a superseded edition stand as filed; the change does not run backwards.
These are reproductions of published Department of the Army documents, offered for download. The site is independent, connected to nothing official, and issues no forms of its own. Nothing here is legal advice and no statement is made about acceptance by any office. Questions about an entry, a requirement or eligibility go to CIO or your servicing administrative office.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 260?
- REQUEST FOR PUBLISHING - DA ADMINISTRATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- Which edition is current?
- 06/01/2018
- Who is responsible for this form?
- CIO
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL, PDF