You need DD Form 2800, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Suggestion Evaluation. Its official title is DD Form 2800, Suggestion Evaluation, July 1999.
Then look at the edition date: not stated, publisher status not stated. After that, ask whether the form covers your situation. It almost certainly does regardless of your branch — DD forms run Department-wide rather than through a single service.
Then settle the schedule. You are working under not stated, with not stated responsible for the document, and your organization layers its own deadlines on that. Ask before you assume a date.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
Work through the fields one at a time and leave nothing blank. When a box does not apply to you, write N/A rather than skipping it, so the reviewer can see you read the question. Follow the date format printed beside each date field instead of the one you normally use.
Do not skip past the Privacy Act Statement. It is placed ahead of the personal data fields on purpose: it explains under what authority you are being asked, what happens to the information, and what follows if you decline. Take the minute it costs.
Sign last, and sign properly. On paper that means ink in the signature block. Electronically it means a digital signature, usually applied with your Common Access Card in a reader that supports it. Typing your name into the field does not sign anything. Then add the date beside your signature — an unsigned or undated form is the most common reason one comes back.
Review before you submit. Look for a superseded edition, blank mandatory fields, illegible writing, dates in the wrong format, and an unsigned or undated certification.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 1 pages and about 48 entries.
Take the pdf if you are unsure. Then check which kind you have: if the boxes highlight when you click them, you have a fillable pdf and can type straight into it, and your entries save with the file. If nothing highlights, you have a printable pdf — send it to a printer and use black ink.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
You will not be charged for any of these; the whole set is free. Before you start entering data, save the file to your computer and open it there. Fields behave far more reliably in a desktop reader than in a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 2. To (use complete address).
- 3. Suggestion title.
- 4. Suggestion number.
- 5. Action taken or recommended. Press space bar to mark X in first box if a. not recommended for adoption, second box if b. already under consideration, third box if c. already in use, fourth box if d. recommend adoption, but approval not within jurisdiction of this office, or fifth box if e. approved for adoption.
- e. If approved, X first box if totally or second box if partially and explain in Item 9.
- 5.e.(3) Date of implementation (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.e.(4) Method of adoption.
- 5.e.(5) Mandatory or optional use.
- 6. Intangible benefits (non-measurable) Suggestion Improves. Mark X if quality.
- 6. Mark X if efficiency.
- 6. Mark X if timeliness.
- 6. Mark X if daily operations.
- 6. Mark X if service.
- 6. Mark X if other (explain in item 9).
- 7. Tangible benefits. a. Factors. (1) Labor. Man hours involved, Former Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Cost per man-hour, Former Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Total Cost, Former Method.
- 7.a.(2) Material. Number of Units, Former Method.
- 7.a.(2) Material. Cost per Unit, Former Method.
- 7.a.(2) Material. Total Cost, Former Method.
- 7.a.(3) Total Cost of Labor and Material, Former Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Man hours involved, New Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Cost per man-hour, New Method.
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
If the form points you to another document, you can find it by number alone. DD numbering runs across the whole Department, so you do not need to work out which service issued it — one number, one form, everywhere.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
Plan to repeat this step whenever the form comes up again. Revisions follow directive changes, changes in what data is collected, and updates to notice language. Since nobody notifies you, check not stated at download and you have covered it.
Finally, understand the limits of what you have read. This page distributes a published Department of Defense form and describes how to fill it out. It does not give legal or procedural advice, and it cannot promise any outcome for your particular case. For that, contact not stated, your administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2800?
- DD Form 2800, Suggestion Evaluation, July 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?