Director's Orders
Director's Orders are limited to temporary delegations, emergency directives, special assignments, and initial policy or guidance for evolving activities. See 012 FW 1.

National Policy Issuance System
This system promulgates the Director's national policies for managing the Service and its programs. A description of the system is published as NPI #89-01.

Handbooks
Handbooks are used to explain how to comply with directives.  Although they do not have regulatory effect, they may be used to convey good or acceptable practices. (010 FW 1)

Search - if you are not sure what directive contains the information you need, use the Fish and Wildlife Service search engine. This search engine will search the Centralized Library of Servicewide Policies.

Centralized Library of Servicewide Policies - contains memorandums, Federal Register documents, handbooks, bulletins and more.

Division of Policy and Directives Management Home Page - provides additional information on directives/policies, regulatory documents, forms, FOIA, and other administrative areas.

List of Regional Directives Officers (RDO's) - names and phone numbers for the Directives Officer in each Region.

Electronic Library of Interior Policies - (ELIPS) Departmental Manual, Secretarial Orders, and more.

Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Congressional Information - information on laws relating to the Fish and Wildlife Service as well as links to Thomas, GPO, and other external sites.

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