Department of the Navy, Dod § 705.2

Department of the Navy, DoD § 705.2

705.16 Navy produced public information (c) The Chief of Information will be material. consulted on all Navy public affairs 705.17 Participation guidelines. and internal relations matters and in- 705.18 Authority and coordination. 705.19 Financing. formed of all operations and proposed 705.20 Use of Navy material and facilities. plans and policies which have national 705.21 Requests for Navy participation. or international (and in the case of 705.22 Relations with community groups. audio-visual material, regional) public 705.23 Guest cruises. affairs aspects. 705.24 Exhibits. 705.25 Navy Exhibit Center. (d) The Chief of Information heads 705.26 Exhibit availability report. the Navy Office of Information, the 705.27–705.28 [Reserved] Navy Internal Relations Activity 705.29 Navy Art Collection. (NIRA), the Office of Information 705.30 Aerospace Education Workshop. Branch Offices (NAVINFOs), the Navy 705.31 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor. 705.32 Aviation events and parachute dem- Public Affairs Center (NAVPACENs) onstrations. and the Fleet Home Town News Center 705.33 Participation by Armed Forces bands, (FHTNC). In addition, the Chief of In- choral groups, and troops in the public formation has responsibility (on behalf domain. of the Secretary of the Navy as Execu- 705.34 Other special events. 705.35 Armed Forces participation in events tive Agent for the Department of De- in the public domain. fense) for the High School News Serv- 705.36 Government transportation of civil- ice and has operational control of the ians for public affairs purposes. U.S. Navy Band, Washington, DC. 705.37 Public affairs and public service (e) The Navy Office of Information awards. Branch Offices (NAVINFOs) are located AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 5031. in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, SOURCE: 41 FR 29101, July 15, 1976, unless Los Angeles, and New York. As rep- otherwise noted. resentatives of the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and § 705.1 Purpose. Chief of Information, the NAVINFOs The regulations and rules in this part have a primary mission of providing di- prescribe policies and procedures for rect liaison with local and regional the Department of the Navy pertaining mass communications media. to public affairs practices. (1) The function of the NAVINFOs are as follows: § 705.2 Chief of Information and the Office of Information (CHINFO). (i) Establish and maintain close per- sonal relationships with local tele- (a) The Chief of Information is the di- vision, radio, film, publishing, and rect representative of the Secretary of other mass-media organizations includ- the Navy and of the Chief of Naval Op- ing minority-group-oriented media. erations in all public affairs and inter- (ii) Seek ways through these media nal relations matters. As such, the to inform the public about naval per- Chief of Information has the authority sonnel and activities. to implement public affairs and internal relations policies and to coordinate (iii) Provide assistance to media or- Navy and Marine Corps public affairs ganizations and respond to their inter- and internal relations activities of mu- est in Navy programs, stories, and fea- tual interest. tures. In this regard, maintain infor- (b) The Chief of Information will mal liaison with various information keep Navy commands informed of De- offices afloat and ashore in order to re- partment of Defense policies and respond to requests from local media rep- quirements. No command within the resentatives, particularly those from Department of the Navy, except Head- inland areas, who desire to visit fleet quarters, Marine Corps, will deal di- units or activities ashore. rectly with the Office of the Assistant (iv) Provide advice on Navy coopera- Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) tion and assistance, as appropriate, to on public affairs matters unless au- representatives of national industrial thorized to do so by the Chief of Infor- and commercial organizations, includ- mation. ing advertising agencies.

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