SELECTION OF PERMANENT CAREER STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-00699A000100040063-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: January 8, 1954
• Content Type: MEMO

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8 'January 1954
SELECTION OF PER1 124T GA RE I STAFF
Career Employees, as defined in CIA Regulation No,
selected for the Career Staff through:
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a. Initial identification, recruitment and selection of individuals on
the basis of apparent capability and suitability for provisional
appointment to the Career Staff,
b, Planned instruction and development during which the employee has an
opportunity to demonstrate his capability and suitability for retention
in Agency employment and eventual permanent appointment to the Career
Staff.
cq Review prior to the and of a one-year trial-service period to determine
the desirability of the individual's continued employruent with the
Central. Intelligence Agency.
d. Review at the end of a three-year provisional period to select Individ-
uals for permanent appointment to the Career Staff on, the basis of
demonstrated capability and suitability,
2 a SELECTION BOARD
It Selection Board shall be established which shall consist of eight voting
members and five alternate members,, The Director of Central Intelligence
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p po nt ao voting, reni
e tior'aa of the Deputy Fire to r 8y ~ en e ,
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Oianu)', and t .e eputy, 1' .rec or
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,a -,m-ifiotiie of the Am-1stQn{I Di.3. ec ~Po~0.
and the Ausistantt Director 9:0:r Persomi
x1E terT tE- member, ? ?he "election u..rd shh
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be
to the CIA Career n ervice Board and sh. l W- foci c t f) I t Loma a ?`
.ga z or a rescrthedQ The Chairnx arg oi', the
te-1 by the Director of Central Ir t.e1it er
Board.
Will he ~arovided with a 1` eore:tax ,.at headed by ? a, -ft --tt me N .
h, 'such G? S erica1 ;fir%4:l w(:~?TS:1. te; ? ,!
.;,roe required
~~ by the Board to pert o its fu :o tt. oa3: ,
d t~. e`R.A Xf a OF }:,~tfi /1111 i.1t Eb..:+
Si 'ane1 of " xaziainers xA:L: be estab iohed tr V,
l: to : :yenco on the rece aaneridati ns o: . {ae ",'election Hoard and ah :t...
ce apoatad. of perl:.enced m nbers of the Cax ier
Fnnerieal representation of each Career Coa on ;ra-? on the Panel of
S.ners shall to based on the personnel a .Mn, th of that c ao eu ,
a of tie be nr;:.rg of each fiscal, year and sh~.a: l not exceed, one-half
ne percent of such ?trongth or one oe r ~r ;:i.otiaavex? is the larger
n or4 i 'ME? `,`his ff raaxada. if applied xa the p`.rei'%ent time" would
: ?e:aaa t in the appointment. of
to the Panel of ra nera)
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co Uraess renewed by reappointment, membership on the Panel of e .''~.rnerss
shall terminate at the end of each fiscal year.
d,, Me hers of the Panel of Fzariners shall be chosen from I-Ist s of
nominees recommended by the Office Career Service Boards. The number
of such nominees shall be twice the r; ser which -will be selected, in
accordance with 3b, above.
e, Exonintng Panels referred to below shall consist of three voting,
rucmduerv who shall. represent Offices other than the onca having career
Jurisdiction over the individual and, in addition, a nonvoting, member
from the Selection Board's Secret .at who will act as C jai r3 of the
Panel. The membership of the Examining Panels will be ::,elects i by the
E cutive Director of the Secretariat from the Psn :l of -arminers is
a manner which %A13. assure appropriate re aresentet ,on of t1he several
Agency components,
4. E.VA UATIOtJ OF TR 'AL.S ?, VICE FIMPLOIE
Three months prior to the completion of his first calendar year of Agency
employment, each employee shall be evaluated as f olilcero in terns of the
desirability of his continued employment:
a,, The Career Selection Report, shall be completed by the
immediate supervisor who shall recommend either that, the employee he
retained in Agency employment for eventual consideration for member-
shin in the permanent Career Staff or that he be separated from CIA
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employment prior to the completion of his one-year trial-service period.
The supervisor will prepare only an original copy of the Career Selection
Report, The supervisor next in line shall authenticate the Career
Selection Report and the recommendation made by the immediate supervisorp
b0 The Career Selection Report shall be forwarded directly to the Office
Career Service Board having jurisdiction aver the individual's career
planning.
The Office Career Service Board shall review the supervisor's recom-
mendation in the light of all available information concerning the
employee and recommend to the Head of the Office concerned either that
the employee be retained in Agency employment for eventual con-
sideration for membership in the permanent Career Staff or (b) that
be separated from CIA employment prior to the completion of his one-
3ear? trial-service period,
d0 Recommendations of the Office Career Service Boards shall be forwarded
through the Head of the Office concerned to the Executive Director of
the lbard's Secretariat where they shall be carefully screened for
objectivity, All cases in which separation of the individual is recoatt
mended and such other cases! as warrant further review shall be referred
by the Executive Director for further review to an Examining Panel drawn
from the Panel of Examiners. In all cases, appropriate notification
shall be made to the Processing and Records Division,, Personnel Offices
throw h the Placement and Utilization Division, Personnel Office,
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!ppropriate record shhalll be made In the indiv .dual s Official Personnel
Folder and the indivldotal sh lJ be officially notified of the Bocrd?fls
decisi onx a
e Recor mendat-ions of Office Career Service Boards referred to an Examining
Panel by the Executive Director shall be reviewed in the light of all
pertinent information concerning the eraployee3 Such information shall
be furnished, as appropriate, by the Personnel Of:p`a ce, Security Office,
Medical Office and Office of Training, as well as by the coaponents
having administrative and career jurisdiction over the individa;alm
The Exeninirig Panel shall interview the employee and, when appropriate,
his supervisor. Or.. the basis of this review , he anuining Panel shall
recormerid to the Selection Board either that (a) the sirpioyee he retained
in Agency employment for eventual consideration for permanent membership
in the Carper Staff or (b) that the enploree be separated Prom hgency
ei pioy'ment prior to the expiration of his one-year trial-service period3
, 4 rh?'tn the reco i nendation. of the mining Panel is in di aa.greE.me nt with
theft, of the Office Career Service Board, this fact shall be reported
to the Head of the Office concerned who shall eitheer (a) accept the
Panel & s recorrcinendation, or (b) refer the cases within ten working days
of receipt of notification of disagreement, to the relecti on Board,
-whose decision in the case shall be subject only to the review of the
Dep' ty Director of Central Intelligence. If such rev tiearr is desired,,
a request therefor must be submitted within ten days of the :`election
1:3oa rid O s decisions by the Deputy Director(Intelligence) , Deputy
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Director (Plans), Deputy Director (Ad; n:Lstratioa), Assistant Director
(Co naunications), Director of Training, or Assistant Director for
Personnel, as appropriate.
g;. Upon final approval of a recommendation to separate an employee from
Agency a nloyment prior to ex,iration of the one-year trial-service
period, an anpropriate Request for Personnel Action (SF-52) shall be
prepared by the Executive Director of the boards s Secretariat and
transmitted to the Personnel Office for processing
50 LURATION OF PROVXVION-AL PERIOD
a. The provisional period, during which the employee has an opportunity
to demonstrate his capability and suitability for permanent appoint-
m .nt to the Career Staff,. shall comence as of the date of entrance
on duty with the Agency and shall continue for a period of three
calendar years
b0 The three-year prop tsioanal period prescribed as a prerequisite to
consideration for permanent appointment to the Career Staff? shall in
no vnr affect the rights and privileges of Agency employees under the
provisions of the Veterans Preference Act of l9144, as amended,,
6c APPLICATION FOR PERMANtNT APPOINT?1ENr TO THE CMETR STAFF
ad Uoon completion of the three-year provisional period,, each employee
shall have an opportunity to sni ly for permanent appointment to the
Career Staf 0 Except as otherwise provided in 6c bellow, such appli-
cation shall result in the initiation of formal selection procedures
as hereinafter prescriberia
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by Failure to rs1;l for permanent aappolnlaaent to t1he Ga*=,',oer Steft at do
end of the provisional nex .od shall not act a a her to ,,ucl ap, l.:a e and below to the Gamer E'taf. f and all such appointments s:-rill
require the concurrence of the F'eleecalcn Board..
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c, Determinations of suitability for staff emi.rloyces in grades OS-.7 and
&,,over sh;rill be made as folloua 9 prior to the exeiration of the eTnployoo e s
pro-tiaion?O. period:
(1) loon receipt of an apolicati.or. from. the anriloyoo for nornaanent
am,oInt..acnt to the Career Itnf f 3 th neon .s ree's supervisor oh, l
prepare and submit to the Of'f i ce Career "exvice 3oerd having
urisd ction over the individual a s career plarnIng a Career
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oiection Report authenticated by the supervisor next in line.
(2) The Office Career !'ervice Board shall review the supervisor's
recommendation in the light of a17 available information concerning
Lhe c9ta ioyoc and recommend to the Office Head either that (a) the
employee be appointed to the Career Staff on a permanent basis9
or (b) that his permanent appointment be disapproved. The Office
Head will forward the recoa;riendation with his comment to the
elootion Board,
3) All recommendations of the Office Career Service Boards shall be
referred, k~-r the Executives Director of the Board's Secretariat to
an E3eami ring Panel for reviews. The Examining Panel shall consider
a_I.l pertinent information concerning the employee, such information
shall be furnished, a annropriate, by the Personnel Office, Security
Office. Medical. Office and Office of Training, as well as by the
component: having administrative and career jurisdiction over the
individual, The " xax inaing Panel. shall interview the employee and.,
when aporopriate9 his supervisor,
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If the ozy.a1 ice is over suns at the tare; he becomes el-11 gible
for ze ibcrsh.1p in the Career Seicrice., tho Interview, by the
1tirain n ; ~r e3 and the ccn oqu t decision on his suitability
for .i
i:C?iI'OC?a'.u:~jl:? t] n the Carver .~'errico will be deferred until he
~.'..o ,Tyr icn-Uy available in ` oadgtu rto so
(:j) The Pnnel shall a eco m end to the Seloction Board either
:ht~t (a" tho exo oye:o be appointed to the Career. P'tsff on a
rc> ? ~< ent ba i t or (b) taint his permanent -pointzmont to the
irco ~`t t :''S` be d p sanproved.
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