LETTER TO MR. HARRISON G. REYNOLDS FROM ANDREW E. RUDDOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03091A000100010017-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 26, 1955
• Content Type: LETTER

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October 26, 1955
Mr. Harrison G. Reynolds
Director of Personnel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Reynolds:
I have your letter of October 19th relative to retention of
retirement status, by continuity of employment, in a position
otherwise excluded.
The term "appointment", appearing in Chapter R5-15 of the
Federal Personnel Manual, is not used in its technical sense, nor
is it limited to employment by a personnel action. Two supporting
decisions on this point may be cited -- 14 Comp. Gen. 253 (personal
service contract) and 15 Comp. Gen. 1036 {informal hiring).
Accordingly, while the individual originally hired through
personal service contract is excluded from retirement coverage by
Executive Order 9154, coverage is mandatory if such employment
follows, without break in continuity, service wherein he was sub-
ject to the Retirement Act. This is of course applicable only to
a personal service contract, since under an independent contractor
relationship the individual would not be considered a Federal employee.
Sincerely yours,
/8/
Andrew E. Ruddock
Chief, Retirement Division
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