Who has authority to authorize handwritten evaluations?

• A. The local supervisor
• B. Headquarters Air Force
• C. The unit commander
• D. The legal office

Answer: (B)

In this area, the authority to set or authorize evaluation formats comes from the higher level policy owner. Headquarters Air Force establishes the rules for how evaluations are prepared, including whether handwritten formats are permitted. Local supervisors and unit commanders carry out and enforce that policy, but they don’t have the authority to grant exceptions on their own. The legal office handles compliance from a legal perspective, not policy authorization of evaluation formats. So, the correct source of authority to approve handwritten evaluations is Headquarters Air Force.