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DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: Technical Order Improvement Report and Reply
Number: DI-TMSS-80229C Approval Date: 19990115
AMSC Number: F7328 Limitation: N/A
DTIC Applicable: N/A GIDEP Applicable: N/A
Office of Primary Responsibility: F–MSG/ILMP
Applicable Forms: AFTO Form 22
Use/relationship: a. This Data Item Description contains the format and content preparation in-
structions for the data product generated by the specific and discrete task requirement as delineated
in the contract.
b. This item is applicable to contracts where the contractor is responsible for operating and main-
taining Air Force centrally-acquired and managed equipment according to procedures in published
TOs. Additional information and guidance is contained in TO 00-5-1, available through the Internet
at http://www.pdsm.wpafb.af.mil/toprac/to-syste.htm under the link to “Technical Orders.”
c. This data item supersedes DI-TMSS-80229B.
Requirements:
1. Format. Paper or electronic format (EF) AFTO Form 22, Technical Order Improvement Report
and Reply, or message/e-mail containing the same information.
2. Content.
2.1. REPORT DATE. The date the Improvement Report Number is assigned.
2.2. Block 1, TO (Major Command or Equivalent). The complete address of the Administrative or
Procuring Contracting Officer (ACO/PCO).
2.3 Block 2, TO (T.O. Manager). The address of the TO Manager responsible for the deficient TO
as indicated in the TO Index. (Addresses are available on the Air Force TO System Information
Internet Page, http://www.pdsm.wpafb.af.mil/toprac/to-syste.htm.)
2.4. Block 3, FROM (Product Improvement Manager or Equivalent). The address of the reporting
organization's Quality Assurance function which reviewed and approved the form for submission.
2.5. Block 4, TECHNICAL ORDER DATA. The Technical Order Number (Record Positions (rp)
6-30) and the Improvement Report Number (rp 31-45). Only one character is used in each position.
Rp 5 is left blank. Capital letters and slashed zeros (/0) (if completing by hand) are used. Specific
entry formats:
a. TECHNICAL ORDER NUMBER. The basic TO number (only) as it appears on the title
page. Parentheses and dashes are used, but not blanks. Unused positions through rp 30 are left
blank. When a change affects a TO supplement, the supplement’s number is referenced in block 11.
b. IMPROVEMENT REPORT NUMBER. All positions (rp 31-45) are alpha-numeric char-
acters (only). Rp 31 is a pre-printed “2.” Rps 32-33 will be “4N” to indicate contractor submission.
Rps 34-38 will be the contractor’s Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) code number from
the H4/H8 cataloging handbooks. Rps 39-40 may be used for internal identification or may be ze-
ros. Rp 41 is the last digit of the calendar year. Rps 42-44 are the sequential numbers (starting with
“001”) of the reports submitted in the calendar year. Rp 45 indicates the urgency category of the
report (E for Emergency, U for Urgent or R for Routine).
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