internal memos
Staff-only written updates
Internal memos are written communications circulated within an organization rather than sent outside it.
The term distinguishes routine workplace correspondence—policy updates, meeting summaries, departmental announcements—from external communications like press releases or customer letters.
The internal memo outlined changes to the vacation policy.
When internal memos leak, they often reveal what companies say privately versus publicly.
- emailDigital written communication
- formal toneImpersonal, elevated language style
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- policy documentsWritten organizational guidelines
- directiveFormal command or instruction
interoffice · confidential · eyes only · need to know · attachments · leaked · proposal · reminder · notification · action items · redacted · whistleblower · for the record · office politics · request · reports · strategic plans · FYI
- workplace communicationemail, emails, memo, meeting, meetings
- mailletter, letters, mail, email, envelope
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
- official reportsannual reports, audit reports, budget reports, committee reports, compliance reports
- police recordspolice records, arrest report, police reports, incident report, arrest records
- private dataSSN, passwords, password, PII, PHI
internal memospress releases
Formal announcements for journalists
public announcements · open letters · advertisements · news bulletins · white papers
internal memosformal reports
Structured written assessments
white papers · annual reports · peer-reviewed articles · printed materials · archival records