PROMOTION POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00134R000100050030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: May 29, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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Approved- Release 200 CIA-RDP67-0WR000100050030-1
2 9 MAY 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR: Inspector General
SUBJECT Promotion Policy
1. This is in response to your recent inquiry concerning the Agency's
policy of promotion by single grade stages.
2. Although some components, such as the Office of Communications, had
practiced the use of GS grades 6, 8 and 10 traditionally, the Career Council
first adopted the policy of single grade promotions Agency-wide in April 1959?
That action was based upon proposals which had been initiated separately by
the Office of Central Reference and the Clandestine Services. In November 1960,
the Council reviewed the experience of eighteen months and reaffirmed the
policy of single grade promotions with no time-in-grade restrictions. Contrary
to your initial understanding, this policy was adopted in response to internal
management objectives of this Agency and with full awareness that it differed
from standard civil service practice.
3. We have no evidence that the single-grade promotion policy has caused
CIA to fall behind other federal agencies in the rates of pay offered for
comparable work. On the contrary, an individual will earn more while advancing
through two single grade stages than he will if he receives one two-grade
promotion at the end of the same period of time. The length of time that an
employee remains in grade in this Agency is determined by the management of
his career service in consideration of the individual's competitive status
within that service and the promotion headroom available to the Career Service.
Since it is CIA policy that promotions are competitive and not subject to
time-in-grade controls, it is practically impossible to draw meaningful com-
parisons between the rates at which given individuals might be promoted here
or in other federal agencies wherein promotions are usually controlled by the
availability of vacancies at the higher grades and by satisfaction of rigid
experience requirements.
4. The Agency imposes no policy restrictions which would place OCR in
an unfavorable position in competing with the promotion rates of other federal
agencies. However, in view of the complaints which have come to your atten-
tion, I shall make a thorough review of promotion practices in the Office of
Central Reference and recommend any changes in that program which seem
appropriate. I shall advise you of the results of the study.
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Emmet D. cols
irector of Personnel
Approved For Release 20 A9$/ : CIA-RDP67-00134800010005003
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