PROGRAM FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY IN CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00631R000300150012-1
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 29, 1959
• Content Type: MF

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28 January 1959
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Deputy Director (Plans)
Deputy Director (Support)
Deputy Director (Coordination)
SUBJECT: Program for Greater Efficiency in CIA
1. In order to achieve greater efficiency within the Central Intelligence
Agency, which may also result in savings in manpower, it is my desire that
all of the components carefully re-examine their missions, functions, organi-
zation and procedures. To give impetus to this drive for greater efficiency,
I request each Deputy Director immediately to undertake a survey of all
activities under his direction for the purpose of:
a. Analyzing activities, functions, projects and procedures
with respect to priority and indicating the manpower assigned to
each, together with recommendations pertaining thereto.
b. Identifying those activities, functions, projects or pro-
cedures which overlap materially or duplicate unnecessarily
similar work being performed in another element of the major
component, in another element of the Agency, or in another
element of the Intelligence Community, together with recommen-
dations for corrective action.
c. Re-examining the organizational structure of your component
to determine whether at this time you should recommend any changes
which would lead to greater efficiency and thus to savings in people.
d. Identifying and taking immediate action on those individuals
who may be insufficiently or ineffectively employed, regardless of
the essentiality of the tasks with which engaged.
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2. I have previously issued instructions for the elimination of sub-
standard employees in my memorandum dated 17 February 1958, subject
"Personnel Selection Out Procedures" (ER 10-608), These instructions
remain in full force and effect, and the Deputies will continue to identify
and report the names of those individuals who should be considered for
the Selection Out procedures.
3. To assist in the effort directed by this memorandum and to keep
me informed with respect to the overall problems involved, I am appointing
a Task Force consisting of the following officers:
j DD/ P, Chairman
DD/S, Member
Jr., DD/I, Member
The Task Force will remain constituted until further notice and will:
a. Individually assist their respective Deputy Directors
in the action to be taken under paragraph 1.
b. Coordinate the effort being made in the offices of the
Deputy Directors to the end that effective procedures developed
in one component are available for application in another,
c. Maintain close and continuing liaison with the Director
of Personnel and the General Counsel to insure that any
recommendations affecting personnel are reported promptly
to these officers.
d. Identifying to the Deputy Directors any function, pro-
cedure or project which should be reviewed or re-examined
in order to increase efficiency and thereby effect manpower
savings.
4. I request that each Deputy Director make a first report to me of
the results of his survey as outlined in paraph 11 above, not later than
30 April 1959.
ALLEN W.ULLES
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Room 124A, East Building 30 January 1959
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
DATE
OFFICER'S
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
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General Counsel
Larry:
Room 221, East Building
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The attached memorandum will
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sion at the DD/S Staff Meeting on
Wednesday, 4 February. Until then
its contents should not be the subject
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of your staff who will be assisting you
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