DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE CAREER STAFF OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REEMPLOYED AFTER RESIGNING FROM THE AGENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000900040009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 20, 1957
• Content Type: REGULATION

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20 December 1957
DETEMOUNG ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR
SHIP IN THE CAREEN STAFF OF THOSE
I ID1VIWALS WRO ARE REE24PLOTED AFTER
RESIGNING FROM THE AGENCY
Current Policys
Paragraph 3a(l),~ "The Career Staff of the Central Intelligence
Agency" provides that time on duty under one or mare appointments as a Staff
Employee or Staff Agent will be considered as creditable time toward eligi-
bility to apply for membership in the Career Staff. This means that an
employee who resigned after three years service is eligible to reapply for
membership immediately upon his return to duty if an additional one-year
trial period has not been imposed. If the (trial period is imposed, the
employee beds eligible at the end of the tr33Al period.
Discussions
1. The criterion of 'rintent to make, a career in CIA Is raised when
the Career Service, the Examining Panel, and the CIA Selection Board consider
the application of a person who has served under more than one appointment.
It is recognized, however,, that in some cases there may have been extenuating
circumstances.
2. When an individual signs his application,, his intent is assumed to
be bona fide. His intent can only be challenged by action on his part, i.e.,
refusal to accept directed assignment and/or resignation.
Recwmndationas s
1. A person must serve three consecutive years to be eligible to make
application for membership in the Career Staff. If a person has served
urder.more than one appointment,, he shall be required to serve three years
last appointment unless his prior resignation was in the "best
interests of CIA." '"Beat interests of CIA" would include the following
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categories only:
a. Resignation
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to gain employment
education, or for additional experience.
In these cases, it must be determined at the time of resignation that
this was a planned resignation and the individual expects to return to
CIA at some future date.
b. Resignation to accompany spouse to now duty station, if
the spouse is an employee of the Agency.
2, By virtue of the Veterans' Preference Act, persons returning to
duty from military furlough will be considered eligible immediate)
their civilian and military time amounts to three years, However, no action
will be taken to admit these persons to Career Staff membership until they
have served three years in CIA. At least one of these years must be served
subsequent to military furlough. Civilian and military time will be
included in computing effective date of membership.
3. Exceptions to the above will be considered by the CIA Selection
Board upon request from the Head of the Career Service.
4. That the above become effective 1 April 1958.
5, That time served under all appointments be included in computing
effective date of membership.
b. Career Council
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