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title: Create or Edit an Authority Document
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/create-or-edit-an-authority-document
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:29.028Z
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Create an Authority Document so that you can link Citations to it. Authority Documents can be a combination of statuses, regulations, directives, principles, standards, best practices, policies, and procedures.

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To create or edit an Authority Document, you must log in to Neurons for ITSM as a **GRC Manager**.
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**To create an Authority Document:**

1. Open the **Authority Document** workspace.
2. Click **New GRC Authority Document** to open a blank **Authority Document** form.
3. Enter the information into the fields as required.
   - **Owner Email** and **Sponsor Email** auto-populate based on the **Owner** and **Sponsor** fields.
4. In the **Details** tab, enter a **Document Title**. You can also add attachments in the **Details** tab.
5. Click **Save**.
6. Use the **Supervisory Authorities**, **Citations**, and **Controls** tabs to link existing records, or to create new associated records for the Authority Document.

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Use the **Journals** tab to add new Journal notes for the Authority Document.
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7. Click **Save**.

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Click **Refresh** If changes you made or relevant tabs are not shown in the record after you have saved it.
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## Edit an Authority Document

**To edit an Authority Document:**

1. Double-click the Authority Document to open the details.
2. Edit the information as required.
3. Click **Save**.