The phrase "administration memos" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to official communications or documents issued by an administration, typically within an organization or government.
Example: "The administration memos regarding the new policy changes were distributed to all staff members."
Alternatives: "official communications" or "administrative notices".
The Bush administration memos that attempted to justify torture, indefinite detention and illegal wiretapping have been widely rejected.
Obama cited four Bush administration memos he released last week detailing CIA interrogation measures, saying they "reflected, in my view, us losing our moral bearings".
Less than three months later, internal US administration memos confirmed that the treatment described by the three men corresponded exactly to official Pentagon policy.
Barack Obama yesterday visited CIA headquarters to defend last week's decision to release four Bush administration memos detailing the agency's interrogation methods against al-Qaida suspects.
Before Abu Ghraib; before administration memos in effect condoning torture; before "extraordinary rendition" and widespread documentation that American interrogators had specifically targeted Islamic practices and beliefs to abuse prisoners, I would have dismissed these claims.
Among other things, the Bush administration memos revealed that two captured Qaeda operatives were subjected to a form of near-drowning known as waterboarding a total of 266 times.
One administration memo concluded that "in wartime it is for the president alone to decide what methods to use to be prevail against the enemy," including interrogation techniques.
Of course, the "poll," which compiled the views of 11,000 volunteer respondents, had about as much scientific value as a Bush administration memo on global warming.
In August, an administration memo to the resident deans, on how to advise students being brought up on cheating charges before the Administrative Board, a committee of faculty members responsible for enforcing regulations, made its way to news organizations.
Correction: June 12 , 2004 Saturday A front-page article yesterday about comments by President Bush on the level of troops in Iraq rendered a word incorrectly in a quotation from an administration memo that addressed the abuse of prisoners in Iraq.
The White House counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, said the Obama administration's legal team had begun examining the issue in early 2011 — including an internal Bush administration memo criticizing the notion that such sessions could block a president's recess powers — and "seriously considered" making some appointments during Congress's August break.
