CIVILIAN PERSONNEL CEILINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A002300060012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 28, 1977
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Re se 2006/12/1 'P::=' }A P80M00165 230006
The Director of Central tnteliicence
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i?TEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable Thomas B. Lance J ~-~-i--~
Director, Office of Management and Budget
SUBJECT. Civilian Personnel Ceilings
consonance with President Carter's commitment to bring the growth
of the Federal Government under control.
Intelligence Program is already, and has been for some time, in
by the reference. The Committee believes that the Mational Foreign
civilian personnel ceilings of the agencies of the NFIP as required
1. The Policy Review Committee (Intelligence) has reviewed the
an increase in civilians.
additional overall reduction of 0 personnel, even though there is
civilians is in effect. In FY 1978 the NFIP is to experience an
reduction of 3%) including over a one percent reduction in
process is continuing in FY 1977 and FY 1978. In FY 1977 an overall
2. NFIP manpower has been reduced approximately 50% overall-
since 1969, including a 21% reduction in.civilian employees. This
intelligence production.
systems architecture, electronic warfare threat analysis, and basic
trying to beef up areas of critical need such as planning and policy,
DIA is already absorbing a 4.5 percent overall cut in FY 77 while
bilities without further erosion of clandestine collection capabilities:
analytic capability and to meet greatly expanded oversight responsi-
sophisticated SIGINT environment. CIA is attempting to improve its-
certain technical skills needed to deal with a changing and increasingly
endeavoring to upgrade its work force with badly needed linguists and
adjust their mix of skills to accommodate new requirements. NSA is
seriously disrupt efforts by all three major civilian employers to
the right kind of professionals may be greatly hampered, and it would
force has already sustained with yet another, our ability to attract
process. If we compound the reductions which the civilian manpower-:
high quality personnel willing to devote a career to our intelligence
3. The Intelligence Community has taken a battering over the
past several years. We feel it is essential that we bring on board
imposed.
ligence) urges that no further reductions in civilian personnel be
personnel in the NFIP since 1969, the Policy Review Comittee (Intel-
4. In view of the extensive and continuing contraction of
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