STAFF STUDY RELATING TO THE CENTRALIZATION OF RECEPTION FACILITIES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00274A000100180004-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 12, 1951
• Content Type: MF

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12 July 1951
MEMORANDUM FOR: DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ADMINISTRATION)
SUBJECT: Staff Study Relating to the Centralization of Reception Facilities
I. The Problem
Present facilities for the reception and processing of applicants for employ-
ment with CIA, of new employees, and of presently-employed personnel who seek the
assistance of Personnel, Physical Security and Medical are grossly inadequate,
costly and may constitute a security hazard.
The entrances to North and Central buildings are filled to the point of over-
flow practically each morning. The North building group consists primarily of
applicants and new employees reporting for EOD processing. The Central Building
group consists of new employees and employees going overseas reporting to Medical,
new employees reporting for security finger-printing and badges, and both Agency
and non-Agency employees attending ,ieetings in the Presentation Room. All, except
regular CIA employees and applicants approaching the Agency through North building
personnel reception center, must be received by the Inspection and Security reception-
ists and receive vistor+s tickets. They must then be received by the reception
desk of the activity to which they have been referred.
An applicant, in addition to visiting North building, may be referred for
testing or assessment to another CIA building. New employees must also report to
another ISS activity for polygraph testing. Thus, there are four CIA buildings
which must provide reception facilities for new or non-CIA-employees. These
individuals are subsequently referr?d to one or more of seven different Agency
scbiv:ities. The time and expense of providing ISS reception facilities ard sub-
sidiary reception facilities for the functional units is considerable. Also,
definite security hazards exist from the mingling of CIA and non-CIA personnel
and from the crowded reception conditions.
All activities which service large numbers of different applicants, new
employees and non-Agency employees be physically located in one building which will
provide centralized reception facilities.
A central reception room be established through which all individuals will be
scheduled for the services required. A separate room can be set aside for CIA
employees with a loudspeaker arrangement making the centralized reception service
available to both rooms.
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F DECLASSIFIED
'lass. CIIAP:Gi:D TO: TS S C Advisor for Management
DDA I;4eme, 4 Apr 77
Auth: IDA REG. 77/171i3
Date: Q sy:
Approved For Release 2000/08/2 000100180004-4