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Obtain formal documentation or authorization

Work activity · O*NET

Obtain formal documentation or authorization is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Getting Information. 17 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Obtain written authorization to perform activities
  • Obtain documentation to authorize activities
  • Obtain copyrights or other legal permissions

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 94.9% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 30.4% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 71.3% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 56th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Customs Brokers 2
Fishing and Hunting Workers 2
Couriers and Messengers 1
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 1
Editors 1
Foresters 1
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 1
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 1
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 1
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 1
Photographers 1
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 1
Postal Service Clerks 1
Postal Service Mail Carriers 1
Producers and Directors 1
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 1
Writers and Authors 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 16 occupations in occupations that perform Obtain formal documentation or authorization.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service Postal Service Mail Carriers Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Foresters Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Postal Service Clerks Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Photographers Producers and Directors Regulatory Affairs Specialists Customs Brokers Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Obtain formal documentation or authorization., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Obtain formal documentation or authorization." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/obtain-formal-documentation-or-authorization

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Obtain formal documentation or authorization. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/obtain-formal-documentation-or-authorization

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-obtain-formal-documentation-or-authorization,
  title  = {Obtain formal documentation or authorization},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/obtain-formal-documentation-or-authorization}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.