STAFF STUDY 'CAREER DEVELOPMENT SLOTS'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000700020037-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2002
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: June 26, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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"aar ~velop~t ~Zc~ts"~
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3.ia~~s.~tt +~~ pL~zsned a:cati~vi~.eas ash ~ ~ ianc~iv~.d~~;I~s
at",+av t'arc>as+a his ats;~r3gne+~ voar~k .faaw ext~?~e~+d pea^i toy c
ct~rrelrtt ~~s<
s. C:GA ~+:otioe~ e~~blished #'it'~Cy tatti.caxt Lc- ~l~t~, which
xnaar~s x aspect ~ de- be $da.stea~d ~y ~~e
~~!!. Cars,er S+~vica hoard. goa~t~r c~ the s1flt;~ mare a~.ote
aa^d~ the ~x3+~us Off~.c sand , a~+ere held i~ t h~ the
~`~~ ~aEaG'e8a~ Service IIrd. ~~ Atch~at Aa 31ots biz
>nse~ ee~a~t3,~r. (fee ~xtta;ehz~?G ~.~
c. ~I~st o~ ~e far Ser~.cs Hoard ira the I~~/P ax*sa hax, ab~
dc.*ne the ~aa< at" I~'~t3.an I.c~azx~ ~2ta~c.
d< C~aracently vl.evea~ 3.n~d3.vi~3ca~ls ~ ~i'.~oes c~fihea~ t.~ t~.e C?~'t'iee
~' Ta~"ali.aa~n~ sate asaic~ ~ Jua~itor t3f~icear knee S~tr ca
Afti~e ref Ta~iaain~ ~ f scilitat,~t 1~a1x:i>Gx; dev+sl
rich dct r~c~t Pr~sp+~`'ty` .#a~.l ~rithian a scoff cat" 'P,~e Ju~:f.~ar
c+~r ~xai~ ~<
a< The "x~c>tratlt-rt"ccmcept a?^. c> use t~f Re~ta~.ea~ ~.eran S2a~~,~ have
bereat ~exM:T:ty ~~:is~;~ea-st~aod< ~~taricaR.~ t~t't'ices hater. at.~~ptcad
Pear arbaatixze cr~aeris~ss assi:~ts, a~ad tsa inca~ease Tf~?ra~~;thoari-
>dations enc3 ~o;~ei eei7.irxs,
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b, A~rxr~en of e desirability of using 1~ataton Loan Mots
has rraried thro~c~ut tahe .~genc~. ~hx~ae ~~,~2 Offices i~.a~+e
espreed need f`cr Rc~t~.tion Loan Slots in addition to t'~e~.r
iatia2 all~+t~ant~, ~ahile mcaet of tha other Qtfices ?~~ nvt
u~t~td their ~t~.lott~ed slats ,
c, apgs~rtion~ettt of F~ot~tion Laan S~.,ots to the ~.cn:~s Offices
vn a ~rmarsent basis has dis~x~ed ac,nistratirre res~.osasib~.lit~
a cQm~-ts with di~rgent concepts cif "rotation'` and a~.as
pvent+ed etfeeti~ea agency cc~xtrol of the use of the slots,
d., ~o acc date other t7ffices of the .~,gen~y vht~ have c~e:a'~onstra;ted
l.eg~.ti~t~ nod for ~m.g rage training slota~, the E?f~`ic~a cif
'f'3.nng ham amide ele~n Junior 41ffi~cer ~inee Slots a~3.Iable,
irzas^~eh as there ire ~-cancies in J{~' STvts, Increased
e:ctiv~.ty Qf the call.ege ocme~lt~nt groom gill sholy re.zi:r~:
teat all JG'~ dots be fil.].$d with Junior QfI`icsr eve,
a, Rota~ation Loan. dots? as currentl~r prer~.ded~ ham not efI'eet~.~e3;~
seed the needs of the agency during ~e first ,year of operation
~-f th+e Gereer Serv#.ce Prngra~,
~f'f ecti~re procedures ~ mast the ~aroble~ shQUlds
~~~ Pro4i.c~t c~afinite gvints of reepansibil#~t~r, under ~~,,e,
supe~r3.sion of the CIA Garr Serei.ce hoards for the
re~a~r of lane merits of ins3ividual de'lopaat p~:~~.s
ret~ir3ng freer ~evelcpment Slots;
(2} P'roei.de fur t3~e allocati t~f indi.vca~. Career I'e~relo~
~ertt Slots on ~e basis of ~usat3.fisd need. rat:~aer -khan
according tr> an ar~itrar,~ syste~a ?~~' aspport~,rsnment.
~r. '~~at all potation Lin Sluts previously allotted by ~e
Career Servl.ce Board be r~ithdra~n frc~ the var3.ous t7ffices of
tine Ag,ep; a~tc3s that the ori~;nal.:fit"tg ~ot~tion Loan. Slots
be rested as Garver ~e~Blopmerit Slots, and re~i~lf'~:~ under
the ~~diction of the CIA Gaz~aer Serviee hoard fear ?~Ilti#.x~t
ptarpoees.
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'b. 'T~ae:t Gare~r I?e~elvp~t Slrsts shah. bs "t>gert~ to aray grade.
They ~~, be 3n exCe8~3 of the ?,~`Ci grad the personnel cep
of the spon~cori~a~; component e~ept ~rhen they are a~ecaapied by
irac~.~ic~ale in grads t'-].~"i snd ab~r l~ ra~r aa.s~ ~~.13.
irac~.trS.c~als grade =i6 grad abo~re bE assigned to Care~:r ~alop-
t dots ~rhexa such actlo~ wcxa3.d 3.~ad to aua incresase ~..
e~per-grade ca~.lin~;
c. '~aat Career ~et~lope~nt Slots be all~+tted on an itas~.i.'~.ciual
basin to the ~rtricxue t~'~ices of the .~geracy b~- the ~~ areer
Ber~.ce Board. far trai-zing and rather career ~e~3,opa~er: t fir-
pee. Such sl.otas ffiha].l be allotted to tacilit~ate de~xelt~p~aea-at
actions ~r~iich are prc~perlg ~ustife=i and ~ahic?a x~~.re . ira-
divic~:?J.~s a~rsence from his assigiaed work for 3cngex theta si.
mt~za the .
d. eat the allo#erat of a Career' I}eve3opnt Slot to an G.~fice
gill tert~a ~ ~~ to upon co~plet3a of the trai;cin~, or other career
development action t'ar ~rhi+ch the slot ves al.lattedx ~~ that
e Cft`ice concerned ~. be required plan ~'c-r ~e inr~i~ic~u-
al+s reass3.rae~at with~..az its normal perrsc~aae3. ceii.in.
:What t.~9e t~irectr~r of Tra~.xaig rav3ear th~z gres+eaat use off` threes
Ju~.or C~ficer ~raiaee Slotas being encu~bcared bar other (ices
i'ur ds~velopi.t purposes ands as ap~aropria#,e, reco~~end tc~ tae
CIA Career S+ar~.ce Board the al3.ote4ent o~ Ca.reer I~~lopmerat
Stets aacc~nodate tie ine~.eic~.s.2s coneerraed,~ axed, t?~a.t the
~sa~st~~.nt Cirectear (~'ersor~ael} revie-~ tae prr~sent use oaf` ~ota.tiora
Lc~ara Slots an;ij as appra~priat+~,~ reccs,ertd tta the CZ.~ C~.~eer
Servi.ee Board the ~allotr~nt o~ C,are~-~r '~~velt~preerat Slog tc
accommodate tae ~.udi~i.da2als coracaz~ed
f: 'fit herat~r C,a~eer l."~aaelopa~e~t 3.~-~ are rega:ire~ for the
pazx~go~se of pro~i.dira~; training under ~e pro~rf.sions o.~ Paablic
~~r llt3, mad in a~ccore~-~ce 3ailti,~t app~.i.cabl.e G~ Begtz~.atac>ras~,
a12otsn t o.~ slots by the ~~. ~.reer ervl.ce ~3oard ;aiL1
be made ort the basis of racor~daticaras by the i"d.rector +~f
i'rairang i:rt each case. lra s~;ch ir~staa~cess C+ff`1. Heads ~a.d:
Stat'f Chiefs sha3.1 process raa3.arr~ Rec}u~sts tc~ a ~!.<
of ~'rai.nixag iaxd:S.cat3.zzq tt~.~t the trai.raing ra,.;$~ires the allot-
a~erat of a Career ~eve3opr~erat Slot. the 3:.rector of Tra.i~ixag
srl~al:~. ^ct upon each Tra2.a~ing Request a~ad rec ~ to tkte
GIB Career Serr#.ce Board ~e a1.3oat of a Career I~~~lopmerat
Slot i?a those iraetances where the '~a3.raiaag Ra;quest meets all
cond3ticns prerequisite to of.fiei~.l apprc~l.
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~. '~~.t wh~~et~er career Z'~t~lognt dots are r+e~ui.re.?~ Pcr tie
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~axr~ose of proe~.di.n career deve~.opmen ~ act~.an ~at.~er
tra~rt3rtg as prolri.doed fs~r der ~xb3.ic Lam llt3? the aLtot
of slots by the CIS ~sreer Sereice Beard w#.ll be made the
basis of recors~en~t3a~s by the ~ss~.star~t erector (F~rsc~nnel)
#.~ each case. Ixt such #.ristances~ t3fl.ce ~~eac~ d Staff ~hiet's
ahaZl process ~-uch requests to 1;he .Ass~.atant ~n.tc~r (T~ersonrel~
isa aecorda~ce with ap? livable CSA gulatiems, indicating the
P~ try a career c~ev+elopmer~t act3.c~s which rega~:res the allota~n.t
asf a Care+ar Uevelop~ment Siot. 1~he ~9ssistt director P~rsor~el)
sha1.3. revise such career de~relop~~t playas and recorre~~d ~ tie
CIA Ga~*ser Serzria+~ ~oasd ~e allce~t oP a Car+~er ~e~eloprnent
S+lca4; in thtase 3r~ataccas ~tgere the request ? all cc~n.~f.ticros
prs#.site 1;0 official approval.
~.~raa~ra t s~f sn in4~iv3:dua1. tea a Cs-rsez~ '~e:r~lcapaa~.rrt
e}1l be ~-rccessed by a Perre3. ~ctian Iaaest {Faraa~ 52
trhich iocKcat~;s ap~-rova~. by the GZ~. Career ~r~.ce ~raard
Assis#.atat LL'3..aR~c#.or ~Peonctel~ sha3.3. r~~~.nt,~a3:~ the r~~ccrds ref
the utili~ati:oa~ oaf Career IIeve3.o~ent ~1?~ts,
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