CALL FOR BUDGET ESTIMATES -- FISCAL YEAR 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000100130022-9
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: May 20, 1954
• Content Type: REGULATION

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OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND REPORTS
20 NAY 195k Office Notice R17-54
SUBJECT! Call for Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 1956
1* C/A Notice 35-200..3 and DD/I Notice 35-200-2 set forth requirements,
policies, and criteria to be used as guides for the preparation of Budget
Estimates for Fiscal Year 1956. Each area, division, and major staff chief
is requestettolreviser these notices preparatory to formulation of estimates
and. accompanying justification for his component.
P. The Office is required to provide three submissions!
a. 9ratBudg. This presentation will reflect any
eignificant shifts within the funds approved by Congress* It
represents a later look at the application of approved funds
within which ORB must operate in F.Y. 1955.
b. Office Estimates. The Office Estimate consists of an
analysis by ORB of the proposed activity programs together with
estimates of related budgetary requirements for F.Y. 1956 based
upon the approved operating budget for F.Y. 1955.
c. Aftency Estimates. The Agency Estimate is a detailed
presentation, incorporating the necessary justification to
support activity programs submitted in the Office Estimates
and approved by the Director of Central Intelligence. These
estimates will subsequently be presented to the Bureau of the
Budget and Congress.
3. The DD/I bas issued a policervith respect to the preparation\or Office
Estimates. This policy reads as follows:
"The Office Estimates for Fiscal Year 1956 should reflect
no expansion of existing activities over the 1955 planned level
of operations or provision for any new activities unless, after
careful review, the work is determined to be of such an urgent
and essential charenter that it cannot be deferred. As a gen-
eral policy any proposediinarease should meet one of the rel-
ieving three oriteria. -
(1) Represents a new activity which must be under-
taken in Fiscal Year 1956 and which cannot be absorbed
within the level of operations planned for Fiscal Year
1955;
(2) Necessary to meet expanded requirements under
a new activity initiated in Fiscal Year 1954 or planned
for initiation in Fiscal Year 1955;
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(3) Required to eliminate serious backlogs or
deficiencies in an existing activity. In such in-
stanoes the requirements must be of such an urgent
character that the provisio* of additional resources
cannot be deferred. beyond Fiscal Year 1956."
IL, The operating budget for 76Y. 1955 will be prepared by St/A for review
by t?wa AD/RR and Area Chiefs. Ares, division, and GAD staff chiefs will make
Icaly one edbnittaI to provide the information required to develop the Office
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consequently should employ basic authoritative refer-
eres, if applicable. Attention should be given to includ-
kAg a description of the character and degree of direct
.virport given to other components within and outside C/A.
*6i3 A brief statement of objectives for F.Y. 1955.
shomle be prepared after reviewing the F.Y. 1955
psentation, amending that statement to include develop-
"lita during the past year. The Fiscal Year 1955 presents-
tlon relating to each component is available in Stik --
Mz, Yagers 1104 M.
03 A statement setting forth the general program
t1ook for F.Y. 1956.
Tb7,.. Chief, Admintstrative Staffs will be available for consultation
-ssistee as necessary.
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Research and Reports
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