# 2025-20741: FAA Tweaks Designee Software Policies: Aviation Bureaucracy Gets a Digital Facelift

2025-20741, Notice of Availability of Draft FAA Order 8000.95D, Change 1, Regarding Individual Designee Management Policy, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2025-11-24, effective Send comments on or before January 23, 2026. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20741
- Title: Notice of Availability of Draft FAA Order 8000.95D, Change 1, Regarding Individual Designee Management Policy
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 53045
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: Send comments on or before January 23, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-01-23
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FAA Tweaks Designee Software Policies: Aviation Bureaucracy Gets a Digital Facelift

## Summary

The FAA is updating how it manages individual designees by switching from an old registration system to a new, smarter Designee Management System (DMS). This change makes tracking training, digital signatures, and oversight easier and more automated for those involved. If you work with or manage designees, check out the draft and send your comments by January 23, 2026—no big costs, just smoother processes ahead!

## Abstract

Draft FAA Order 8000.95D, Change 1, Designee Management Policy (Draft Change 1) would transition from the Designee Registration System to the Designee Management System (DMS) and would align the Order 8000.95 with the DMS tool workflows. The draft would revise several procedural descriptions to better match DMS workflows, including updates to digital signatures and automation for registering, enrolling, tracking, and recording designee training completions. The draft would also change the algorithm for the frequency of direct observation oversight intervals required of Flight Standards managing specialists and would update email addresses and website links.

## Effects PRIA read

- Moves designee records into DMS: benefit, low. The FAA would move from the Designee Registration System to the Designee Management System (DMS), requiring designees to use DMS for registering, enrolling, and submitting training certificates and for tracking and recording training completions. The change is stated to align Order 8000.95 with DMS…
- Automatic suspension for incomplete training: cost, medium. Draft Change 1 would establish automatic suspension and reinstatement procedures tied to training compliance in DMS and would require designees to submit training certificates through DMS. The draft also establishes suspension protocols for incomplete training.
- Digital signatures and early preapprovals: benefit, low. The draft would establish digital signature provisions and provide for early preapprovals to improve process efficiency, aligning Order 8000.95 with DMS tool features.
- Changes to oversight interval algorithm: mixed, medium. Draft Change 1 would change the algorithm for determining the frequency of direct observation oversight intervals required of Flight Standards managing specialists and would revise how those intervals are determined across several designee policy volumes.

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## Sources
- [2025-20741 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20741/notice-of-availability-of-draft-faa-order-800095d-change-1-regarding-individual-designee-management)
- [2025-20741 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20741.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-20739, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review;](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20739)
- [Next: 2025-20742, Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20742)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20741 (as of 2026-06-08).