Update to Bureau of Land Management California Letterhead
February 22, 2017
In Reply Refer To:
1550 CA-912 (P)
EMS TRANSMISSION: 2/22/2017
Instruction Memorandum No. CA-2017-005
Expires: 09/30/2018
To: All BLM California Employees
From: Deputy State Director, Communications
Subject: Update to Bureau of Land Management California Letterhead
Program Area: Communications
Purpose: This Instruction Memorandum (IM) describes the new standards for BLM pre-printed and on-demand printer generated letterhead. Letterhead is the official form of stationery for BLM correspondence and similar material.
Policy/Action: The BLM is updating official Agency letterhead to incorporate a new web address and appropriate design elements for a consistent presentation and easy recognition.
All offices must ensure that employees use the letterhead templates attached to this Instruction Memorandum (IM) for official correspondence. Offices must delete all previous letterhead electronic files for this implementation to take place.
The following specifications are in effect for BLM letterhead:
- The official seal of the Department of the Interior will be 1 inch (2.54 cm) in diameter and appear in the upper left corner of the page, 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) from the top, and 3/4 of an inch (1.905 cm) from the left side.
- The 1-inch high BLM emblem will appear in the upper right corner of the page, 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) from the top and 3/4 inch (1.905 cm) from the right side.
- The standard heading, " United States Department of the Interior," will be centered on
8-1/2 inches (21.59 cm), left to right in one line, and should be the top line. It will be set in Times New Roman, upper and lower case, 18-point font, and positioned 3/4 inch (1.905 cm) from the top of the page.
- The subsequent line will be two spaces below the DOI heading. It will contain the heading, " BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT" and it will be set in Times New Roman, upper case, centered, and in 12-point font.
- The following four lines will contain the office name, address, city, state, zip, and www.blm.gov/caJifornia, set in Times New Roman, upper and lower case, centered, and in 10-point font.
- The letterhead will be printed with blue (PMS 281) ink on 8-1/2 by 11-inch recycled paper per current EPA guidelines.
- To ensure compliance with printing regulations coordinate the procurement of letterhead with a BLM printing specialist.
- All existing stock of preprinted BLM letterhead should be exhausted before new letterhead is ordered.
- On-demand laser printer-generated letterhead should be converted to the new standard immediate!y.
- On-demand printer-generated lettered may be printed in one color using all blue or all black ink. Color emblems and seals are not permitted.
Timeframe: Effective immediately.
Budget Impact: None.
Background: Design specifications are based on guidance contained in the Department of the Interior Departmental Manual, 314 DM 6, Letterhead Stationery.
Manual/Handbook Sections Affected: None
Coordination: This IM has been coordinated with the State Director's Office.
Contact: Natividad Chavez, Printing Specialist, Communications, (916) 978-4623.
Signed by:
Erica St. Michel
For Deputy State Director-Communications
Authenticated by:
Kathleen Christian
FOIA Specialist
Attachments-18
1-Letterhead_Template-Applegate
2-Letterhead_Template-Arcata
3-Letterhead_Template-Bakersfield
4-Letterhead_Template-Barstow
5-Letterhead_Template-Bishop
6-Letterhead_Template-CalDesertDistrict
7-Letterhead_Template-CenCalDistrict
8-Letterhead_Template-CentralCoast
9-Letterhead_Template-EagleLake
10-Letterhead_Template-ElCentro
11-Letterhead_Template-MotherLode
12-Letterhead_Template-Needles
13-Letterhead_Template-NorCalDistrict
14-Letterhead_Template-PalmSprings
15-Letterhead_Template-Redding
16-Letterhead_Template-Ridgecrest
17-Letterhead_Template-StateOffice
18-Letterhead_Template-Ukiah