MINUTES OF THE CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD 25TH MEETING, THURSDAY, 1 APRIL 1954, AT 4:00 P.M. DCI CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

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CONFIDENTIAL
M1MUTES
OF THE
CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD
25th Meeting, Thursday, 1 April 1954, at 4100 P.M.
DCI Conference Room, Administration Building
Presents Messrs, Lyman Be Kirkpatrick, Inspector General, Chairman
Matthew Baird. Director of Training, Member
ef, PP. Meeber
ate for DD/P. Member
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Harrison G, Reynolds, AD/Personnel, Member
L. K. White. A-DD/A, Member
tariat
Reporter
1, The Board approved the minutes of the 24th meeting, held
4 March 1954, without change.
2, Mr. Baird opened the discussion on Multi-purpose Slots
(item 2 on the Agenda) by stating that in the light of overman
planning in the Agency he felt that the administrative responsibility
for the program should be under the Assistant Director for Personnel
rather than the Director of Training, There was discussion of the
proposed method of handling the Multi-purpose Slot program, the out-
come of which was that the Board agreed that there would be no forma
bank of slots established but rather that each case should be handled
on an individual basis, The matter was referred to the Assistant
Director for Personnel for action when a specific case arose,
3. The Board then moved to a discussion of item 3 on the Agenda,
the Monthly Report of the Office of Training, After a short discussion,
it was decided that inasmuch as it was readily available for the use
of-those offices which desired it, the Monthly Report would no longer
be included on the Agenda,
4. The Board then turned to the Proposed Plan of Action for the
CIA Career Service Board for the period 1 April 1954 to 30 Jute. 1954,
This plan was distributed to the Board and the Chairmen opened the
discussion by briefly discussing the relationship of Career Service
Board activities to the functions of supervisors and of the Office of
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Personnel, He read from a field report directed to the Office of
Ccmmunications which illustrated the need for a strong program of
career service and personnel administration. The Proposed Plan
(attached hereto) set up a group of Task Forces which would be of
short-term duration and aimed at resolving several of the policy
questions which were necessary to the full implementation of the
program by 1 July. The plan also suggested a reorganisation of the
CIA Career Service Board, It would be composed of the Deputy
Director (Intelligence), Deputy Director (Administration), Deputy
Director ('Plans), Director of Training, Assistant Director (Com-
munications), Assistant Director (Personnel), the Inspector General,
with the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence as Chairman. It
would meet at the call of the Chairman when there were matters of
Agency policy relating to career service and personnel administration
which needed to be resolved. The policies and procedures essential
to such a sound program would be presented by the Board in a meeting
to be hold in the Department of Agriculture auditorium to all super-
visors in headquarters from, Branch. Chief up. Various aspects of the
functions of the Board were discussed as well as the membership of
the Task Forces involved .n the operation. The Executive Secretary
of the Board was chosen to serve as chairman of the several Task
Forces. The tentative date and time of 15 June from 7:00 to lOs00 P.M.
was selecctad'for the presentation in the Department of Agriculture
auditorivnm,
5. There was a discussion of the problem of validating the results
of assessments and of training evaluations in. terms of performance. it
was agreed that the present Personnel Evaluation Report and proposed
Career Selection Report would be used until further experience showed
that a better system could be devised.
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