SUPPORT SCHOOL WEEKLY REPORT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06363A000300050026-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: September 3, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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3 September 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT : Support School Weekly Report
A. ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING
1. Field Finance and Logistics
Field Finance and Logistics Course #2-72 commenced 20 August.
Thirteen students were enrolled, and eight of these had firm assignments
for overseas duty.
2. The Project Officer in the Contract Cycle
The course outline submitted by l
has been reviewed and appears to be pretty much on target. The contractor
will meet with representatives of this office and the Office of Logistics next
week for a final discussion on the outline. The "Special Bulletin" which was
distributed last week has already elicited inquiries on the content of the course
from the Supply Division, OL, the Office of Communications facilit
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3. Effective Briefing 25{iC1A5a2
has tentatively agreed to the following dates
for FY 72 runnings of his Effective Briefing course (all sessions will be on
Friday mornings):
Begin
End
7 January 1972
10 March 1972
17 March 1972
19 May 1972
In addition to inclusion in the OTR Catalog of Courses , these dates
will be publicized periodically in the "OTR Newsletter, " citing the'Special
Bulletin" dated 10 August 1971 as a reference point for additional information.
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4. Clerical Training
In response to an informal request to the Clerical Training Faculty,
suitable material concerning the Agency, which we use in our Shorthand courses
and which was originally in "U.S. News and World Report, " the "New York Times,
and Zlotnick's book on the intelligence community, has been forwarded to the
instructor who teaches Advanced Shorthand course in the Fairfax County Adult
Education Program. A number of Agency employees are enrolled in that course,
and the instructor wanted some material which would contain language of the
type which might be encountered in the Agency.
5. Experimental Group III
Miss I Chief, Clerical Staffing Branch, Office of
Personnel, called to discuss further the contemplated use of the Civil Service
Commission "upward mobility" program for the next "Experimental Group"
now being formed. At present this group of disadvantaged individuals numbers
17, but experience with the two previous groups indicates that the number will
probably be reduced to about 10 by the time EOD processing is completed.
is 17 September; the training courses begin 27 September.
Miss D is going ahead with the paper work required by the
Commission to enroll these individuals in the program. Deadline for registration
D;
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It has been determined that the cost of training these individuals will
be paid from Agency-wide External Training funds. A memorandum informing
the DD/,S of how we are proceeding in this matter is to be prepared jointly by
representatives of the Offices of Personnel and Training.
B. MANAGEMENT TRAINING
1. Managerial Grid
On 30 August 1971, Washington representative
called the Support School - to "touch base. " He
still has hopes that he can further involve the Agency's "top brass" in the
Managerial Grid. He is disappointed that Messrs. John Clarke and Charles
Briggs will not attend the "Executive O.D. Seminar" I in
September. Roy claims great success in getting DIA involved in Grid 25X1A
activities, and says that three of DIA's top officials were in an "Executive
O. D. Seminar"recently. He would like to see a super-Executive O. D.
Seminar and Phases III and IV of the Grid in which senior officials from the
'SIB community would take part in planning for the Intelligence community
,i whole.
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4. Clerical Training
In response to an informal request to the Clerical Training Faculty,
suitable material concerning the Agency, which we use in our Shorthand courses
and which was originally in "U.S. News and World Report, " the "New York Times,
and Zlotnick's book on the intelligence community, has been forwarded to the
instructor who teaches Advanced Shorthand course in the Fairfax County Adult
Education Program. A number of Agency employees are enrolled in that course,
and the instructor wanted some material which would contain language of the
type which might be encountered in the Agency.
5. Experimental Group III
Miss I Chief, Clerical Staffing Branch, Office of
Personnel, called to discuss further the contemplated use of the Civil Service
Commission "upward mobility" program for the next "Experimental Group"
now being formed. At present this group of disadvantaged individuals numbers
17, but experience with the two previous groups indicates that the number will
probably be reduced to about 10 by the time EOD processing is completed.
Miss is going ahead with the paper work required by the
Commission to enroll these individuals in the program. Deadline for registration
is 17 September; the training courses begin 27 September.
It has been determined that the cost of training these individuals will
be paid from Agency-wide External Training funds. A memorandum informing
the DD/,S of how we are proceeding in this matter is to be prepared jointly by
representatives of the Offices of Personnel and Training.
B. MANAGEMENT TRAINING
1. Managerial Grid
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On 30 August 1971,1 Washington representative
of , called the Support School - to "touch base. " He
still has hopes that he can further involve the Agency's "top brass" in the
Managerial Grid. He is disappointed that Messrs. John Clarke and Charles
Briggs will not attend the "Executive O. D. Seminar"
September. Roy claims great success in getting DIA involved in Grid
activities, and says that three of DIA's top officials were in an "Executive
O. D. Seminar"recently. He would like to see a super-Executive O. D.
Seminar and Phases III and IV of the Grid in which senior officials from the
USIB community would take part in planning for the Intelligence community
as a whole.
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2. Microfilm Seminar
Preliminary arrangements are being made by the Support
School for the three day Microfilm Seminar to be held from 20 - 22 October
1971. Registrations for this program will be handled, as in previous cases,
through the Senior Records Management Officers in each Directorate. On
19 October the microfilm consultant, will conduct a one day 25X1A5a1
Special Session for senior support of cers. We have also been advised by25XlA5al
the Support Services Staff, DD/S, that Mr. Coffey plans to have I put on
a special one hour briefing on 19 October for the DD/S and his office chiefs.
OTR will bear the expenses for the entire program: $1700 total.
3. Performance Appraisal Workshop (FMSAC)
.
Twenty-eight FM,SAC supervisors are registered for the special
Performance Appraisal Workshop to be held 9 - 10 September 1971. It will be
run in DDS&T rooms at Headquarters.
Chief, Support School, OTR.
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