DETERMINATION OF CAREER DESIGNATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00679A000100010093-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 93
• Content Type: REGULATION

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SUBJECT Detemination of Career Designations
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In order to fix responsibility for the career planning of Ageeey
pereennel9 all career employeete, defined as Staff Employee and Staff Agents
will be given a "Career Designation", This Notice outline criteria and
protedures for the initial assignment of Career Designations to all Staff
Employees, Career Designations will be subsequently assigned to Staff Agents
under a separate proeedure, and permanent policies and procedures for ertablishings
recording and changing Career Designations will be prescribed in a forthcoming
Agency Regulation,
2?, Principles
a, Criteria for nhking Initial Career Designations
(1) The Career Service erogram is predicated on the placement
of career employees under the Career nervice Board which corresponds
to the type of work officielly assienedr, This basic principle wiil
normally apply in the assignment of Career Designation,
(2) An employee may be assigned the Career Designation of an
Office other than the -major component to which he is attached in
order to reflect more nearly the nature of the employee Ps lengeterm
employment,
(3) Career employees will be given an opportunity to express
their personal preference in the determination of initial, Career
Designations, Although an expression of personal preference will
not necessarily control the -final aeeigement of an Individual's
Career Designatiora it will be given full consideration. In making
the initial Career Designation9 an individual shall he assigned to
his present Office Career Service Board if he expresses a desire to
continete under Its jurisdiction and is acceptable to his Office
Board,
(4) In doubtful cases concerning clerical personnel, consideration
w411 he given to aesienine the the same Career Designations as that
doyigapted for their supervisors,
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le, Changing Career Designations
Career Designations shall be subject to continuing review, and
there shall be a uniform Agency-vide procedure for changing Career
Designations of individuals whose training, personal desire, or experience
make such a change appropriate,.
o, Notifying Employees of Career Designations
The Assistant Director (Personnel) will insure that each career
employee is informed of his current Career Designation,,
3, Career Designations
The Career Designations in the CIA are as follows'
Career Designation Omally.ational Component
CD - TR Office of Training
CD - CO Office of Communications
CD - P Deputy Director (Plans)
CD - FI Foreign intelligence Staff ?
Ci) TB Technical Services Staff
CD - I
CD - NE
CD - CD
CD - RR
CD - CI
CD - SI
CD - 00
CD A
CD - PE
CD - BF
CD - LO
CD - GS
CD - ME
CD - SE.
Procedures
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Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Office of National Estimates
Office of Collection and Dissemination
Office of Research and Reports
Office of Current Intelligence
Office of Scientific Intelligence
Office of Operations
Deputy Director (Administration) and
Office of General Counsel
Personnel Office
Office of Comptroller
Logistics Office
Office of General Services
Medical Office
Security Office
yees on Duty Through 24 April 1953
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(1) The Assistant Director (Personnel) will provide the Head
of each of the five majer conponents with a roster of all Staff
Employees officially assigned to Tables of Organisation under his
jurisdiction through 24 April 1953. These rosters will be arranged
by Office and will indicate each individual's name, grade and
position titlec,
(2) It is requested that these rosters be returned to the
Assistant Director (Personnel) by 22 liay 1953, showing appropriate
tentative Career Designations,
(a) Staff Employees who have separated or have been
reassigned to ancther component* subsequent to the preparation
of the listings will be noted according:1y on the roster,
(b) All names appearing an a roster that should be
referred. to another component for the assignment of Career
Designations will be checked and the appropriate Office
identifiedo
(0) If there is any Staff Employee listed on a roster for
whom a Career Designation cannot be determined and if there does
not appear to be another component that can recommend a suitable
Career Designations the individual's Career Designation will be
stated as undetermined by use of the symbol
(3) Arrangements will be Made by each of the five major components
for informing individuals within their jurisdictions of the tentative
Career Designations assigned to them, Employees will also be informed
of their subsequent right to initiate a request for change in Career
Designation, Within the limits of time available for preparation of
the rosters, the proposed Career Designations will be discussed with
the Staff Employees coecerned prior to listing the Career Designations
on the roster in order that individual preferences can be stated at
that time,
(4) In cases of disagreement between organizations within one
of the flee major components, concerning an individeal"s official
Career Designation, it shall be determined by the Head of the major
organisational component-,
(5) In addition to the listing specified in ha(2)i, above* each
of the Heads of the five major components will submit a supplementary
listing containing the names of employees who are currently assigned
to another of the five major components, but who, in the opinion of
the major component Head should receive a Career Designation in his
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component? The name, grade, official position title current
organizational assignment, and tentative Career Designation of each
such individual should be indicated on the listieg.
(6) The Assistant Director (Personnel) will coordinate tetueen
the components involved all Career Designations assigned by one major
component to Offices in another component. In allcases where a
major component indicates on its roster that an employee's name should
be referred to another component for a Career Designation? the Assistant
Director (Personnel) will coordinate the recommendation for concurrence,
If two or more components have divergent opinions concerning the
avsignment of an employee's Career Designation the Assistant Director
(Personnel) till coordinate the issue between the components involved.
(7) Following the action prescribed in paragraph (6) immediately
above. the Assistant Director (Personnel) will transeit supplemental
listings covering such cases to the major organizational components
involved? Each component will advise the Staff Employees under its
jurisdiction of their Career Designations
te Career Employees Entering on Duty 27 April and Thereafter
(1) Beginning on 27 April 1953 and thereafter? the Assistant
Director (Personnel) will assign and record an appropriate Career
Designation for each new Staff EMployee entering on dutye Those
designations will be shown in Item 14 of Standard Form 50, notifie
cation of eersonnel Action (or Standard Form 52, as appropriate)
for each career employee appointed on or after 27 April 1953?
(2) The administrative office initiating the appointment action
for the individual will recommend an appropriate Career Designation
in Item 14 of Standard Form 52, Request for Personnel Action.,
(3) The criteria; outlined in section 2a above will be followed
in reeking the determination, and each Career Designation will be
subject to the review of the Office or Offices concerned,
c. Career Designations will also be recorded on employee record
cards, maintained by the appropriate administrative officesd..
Whenever an employee's Career Designation 13 to be changed as a
result of a reassignment, this information will be entered by the Office
concerned in Item 14 of Standard Form 520 requesting the reassignment, The
Personnel Office will show an Employee's Career Designation in all sub-
sequent official personnel actions affecting him('
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e, Career Designations will be posted when appropriate on the maehine
records maintained by the Machine Records Branch of General Service to
facilitate the preparation of current listings showing such designations,
f, An employee may submit a request for a chance in his initial
Career Designation by submitting a memorandum of reqeeet to his current
Office Career Service Doard,
(1) The memorandum, consisting of an original and four copies,
mill stipulate the desired Career Designations and will state renew
the reasons for the request,
(2) The memoranduriwill be forwarded through administrative
channels to the employee,s present Career Service Board for review,
(3) The Career Service Board will make appropriateconmentss sign
the copies and forward them through the Assistant Director (Personnel)
to the other Career Service Board involved for its consideration.
(4) If the latter Board concurs s it will sign the copies of the
aenorandum and transmit them to the Personnel Office for recording
and distribution to the Offizial Personnel Folders :Smetana Records
Branch, when appropriate, and the two Offices concerned. If the
Board does not concur in the requested changes the employee will
retain his current Career Designation,
Fal THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIOENCEg
WALTER REID WOLF
Deputy Director
(Administration)
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