State Administrative Manual (SAM)
Access statewide management policy.
The State Administrative Manual (SAM) is a resource for statewide policies, procedures, requirements and information developed and issued by authoring agencies which include the Governor's Office (GO), Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Human Resources (CalHR), Department of General Services (DGS), and the California Department of Technology (CDT).
In order to provide a uniform approach to statewide management policy, the contents are published under the authority of the Directors of DOF and DGS. SAM is administered by the DGS Office of Training and Administrative Standards (OTAS), Policy Unit.
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Revision History:
Revision summaries may be found on the SAM Revision Summary History page.
Procedure for SAM Revisions:
See, SAM section 0020
Documents Required for SAM Revisions :
- SAM Author Revision Checklist (DGS OPTFS Form 237)
- SAM Revision Template (for Clean Version)
- Author Revision Template (Track Changes version)
- Revision Summary Template
- Subject Index Changes, if necessary
A Management Memo is used for the distribution of management or policy information to state entities and often is a preliminary amendment to the State Administrative Manual (SAM).
For questions relating to SAM or Management Memos, please contact the SAM Administrator.
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