REVIEW OF OER TRAINING

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: January 26, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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26 January 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT Review of OER Training
1. We have recently completed a survey of training
in OER during the past five years in terms of expenditures,
manhours, and courses sponsored. The results of this
survey are attached as Tables 1-6. Also attached is a
summary listing of selected training courses that we
propose to use as a guide in reviewing and planning
training programs.
2. The emphasis that we have placed on economics
and ADP training is apparent from the survey and we think
it has paid off in raising professional standards. It
also is clear from the survey that we have not given
enough attention to other internal and external training
programs. We hope to overcome this by a more systematic
and thorough review of the training objectives and needs
of individuals and the Office.
3. We have identified several gaps in available
training programs that need to be filled. Internally,
we are going to introduce a required course for new
employees on ADP applications in OER, and we are exploring
with OT the opportunities for industry training.
A good many of our industry specialists will be retiring
over the next few years and we need to begin an industry
training program that consists of more than plant tours.
4. On the part of OTR, we feel that they need to
develop a new management course that is tailored to first-
line supervisors at the GS-13 to GS-15 level, preferably
using the case studies approach. There also is a require-
ment for a broadening course along the lines of the
Advanced Intelligence Seminar that is open to middle grade
analysts that are not "comers." As a simple matter of
record keeping, we would like to see OTR develop a semi-
annual reporting system for each Office that records
course sponsored and training manhours much the same as
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we have done in our survey. We have been in t uch with
OTR on these suggestions and we will work with
the DDI representative on the OTR Board of Visitors, on 25X1
specific recommendations.
MAURICE C. ERNST
Director
Economic Research
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