PROPOSED OFFICE OF POLITICAL RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC EVALUATION CENTER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A002900010009-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2004
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• Publication Date: February 7, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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7 FEB 1914
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Proposed Office of Political Research and
Strategic Evaluation Center
REFERENCE: Memo dated 7 December 1973 to the DCI from
D/Pers, Subject: Establishment of Staffing
Complements for the Office of Political
Research and the Strategic Evaluation Center
1. Our comments have been requested on the staffing complements
proposed for the new Office of Political Research (OPR) and the new
Strategic Evaluation Center (SEC).
2. We have no basic problem with the organization and staffing
structure for either the OPR or the SEC as proposed by the DDI and.
reviewed by the Office of Personnel in the referent Memorandum
(attached). I believe you should approve formal establishment of
these two new organizational elements in order that the Intelligence
Directorate can get on with the activities concerned in a more
orderly manner.
3. Briefly stated, the position and ceiling issues can be
summarized as follows. The DDI is requesting positions for
the OPR and [:::~ositions for the SEC. Of the positions re-
quired, the DDI has been able to provide ceiling for only
positions from within the Intelligence Directorate. To establish
the new OPR and SEC, coupled with other changes in the Office
of Strategic Research required to implement Management Committee
recommendations regarding military research, the DDI is requesting
new super rade positions, but has been able to provide
ceiling for only
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4. The question of increasing the DDI ceiling by 00
accommodate the requested staffing levels for the OPR and the
SEC is complicated by the fact that it can be finally resolved only
after the ADD Committee returns its recommendations on how the
FY 1975 ceiling reduction will be allocated. In order, however,
not to prejudice the ultimate structure of these elements, we believe
you should approve the requested organization and position structures
with zero planned incumbency reflected for those proposed positions
which cannot be drawn from within the present Directorate ceiling.
5. The question of supergrade ceiling is also somewhat complicated
and the recommendations in the referent Memorandum have implications
which I believe require elaboration. To meet the DDI shortfall in
supergrade ceiling the D/Pers recommends "that you direct
the transfer of the upergrade ceiling ... resulting from the ONE
reorganization to the I" and "that you authorize the establishment
of the- emaining supergrade positions with zero incumbency...."
These recommendations resulted from the elimination of ONE (which
had upergrade positions), the establishment of the NIO (for which
only supergrade positions are required), and the request of the
DDI for a net Increase of new supergrade positions for the proposed
OPR and SEC staffing. complements. The D/Pers recommendations
apparently did not address the fact that the number of approved super-
grade- positions in the DCI area exceeded its supergrade ceiling by
and thus the elimination of ONE with the concurrent establishment or
NIO did not make supergrade ceiling available. There would appear
to be three basic alternatives to be considered in the face of the present
supergrade ceiling dilemma. These alternatives, with brief comments
on each, are as follows:
a. Approve the recommendation for transfer of
grade ceiling from the DCI area to the DDI.
As a result of your recent approval of the ICS and NIO
supergrade position and ceiling recommendations, the number of
supergrade positions in the DCI area is now identical with the
supergrade ceiling (i.e., 0 presently allocated to the DCI
area. Therefore, if DCI supergrade ceiling is transferred to
the- DDI, there will again be an excess of supergrade positions
over ceiling in the DCI area. To conform to present policy, your
approval of this alternative would require the identification of
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L.Jupergrade positions in the DCI area for elimination or
reduction to GS-15 to comply with the action you (as Executive
Director-Comptroller) directed be taken to eliminate supergrade
authorizations in excess of ceiling (Memorandum for the DD's
dated 14 December 1972).
b. Direct that the requested increase in DDI supergrade
ceiling be offset by ceiling reductions in the other directorates
(or in combination with a reduction in the DCI area).
Supergrade ceiling and on-duty figures for the DCl
area and the four directorates as of this date are as follows:
Ceiling On-Duty
DCI
DDI
DDM&S
DDO
DDS&T
Unused Ceiling
As with a. above, this alternative would require- that the
directorates losing ceiling identify supergrade positions to
be downgraded to GS-15 in order to conform to present
policy.
c. Disapprove, for the present, any increase in super-
grade ceiling for the DDI.
The Office of Personnel has underway a survey of
supergrade authorizations throughout the Agency. The DDO
portion is nearing completion, and the other three directorates
will be examined thereafter. The results of this survey may
suggest the need for a reallocation of supergrade ceiling which
could serve to ameliorate the longer-term implications of the
current DCI - DDI supergrade ceiling problem. An additional
consideration bearing on the problem is OMB's current interest
in our supergrade' and executive level allowances. Although
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OMB has not directed a change in our supergrade ceiling at
this time, they have indicated that our allowance for supergrade
(and executive level) positions will be the subject of further
examination and have requested additional information to justify
our presently authorized ceiling.
6. For the past several years, the DCI area has had a super-
grade underslotting or, vacancy rate somewhat higher than that of
the four directorates. In part for this reason and in order to
provide a reasonable portion of the senior grade structure required
to properly staff the new OPR and SEC, it is suggested that you
may wish to approve the recommended transfer of 0 supergrade
ceiling to the DDI notwithstanding the implications noted above.
We believe that such approval should be accompanied by an
admonishment to the DDI that the increase is provisional and that
the Directorate supergrade ceiling might later be changed following
the Office of Personnel survey or as a result of possible OMB action.
7. In sum, I believe you should approve the recommendations
made by the D/Pers subject to certain modifications suggested by
the foregoing comments and discussion. The recommendations are
repeated below for your convenience with our suggested deletions
in- brackets and our suggested additions underscored. Specifically,
it is recommended:
a. that you approve the proposed organizations subject
to a complete position review at a later date when functional
responsibilities become available in sufficient detail to validate
proposed position levels;
b. that you direct the transfer on a provisional basis
subject to later review and reevaluation of [they I uper-
grade ceiling and up to GS-14/15 ceiling [resulting
from the ONE reorganization] from the DCI area to the DDI;
c. that you authorize the establishment of the J
remaining supergrade positions with zero planned incum ency
until a subsequent complete supergrade review of the Agency;
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d. [that you authorize an increase in the position ceiling
requirements in the Intelligence Directorate if ceiling is available,
otherwise] that the =excess positions for which DDI ceiling
is not currently available be established at zero planned incumbency;
e. that you authorize an increase in the Intelligence
Directorate average grade [from 10.754 to 10.811, if you
approve the =ceiling increase.] with the actual increase
to be determined after final ceiling figures are approved and
the proposed grades of all positions have been evaluated by
the Office of Personnel.
Attachment:
Referent Memorandum
Acting Comptroller
The D/Pers recommendations modified as indicated in Paragraph 7
above are APPROVED:
Director of/Central Intelligence Date
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee (Return to Compt)`,
1 - ES/CIA
1 - ER
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EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
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ACTION
INFO
DATE
INITIAL
1
DCI
2
DDCI
3
S/MC
4
DDS&T
5
DDI
6
DDM&S
7
DDO
8
D/DCI/IC
9
D/DCI/NI
10
OGC
11
OLC
12
IG
13
Compt
14
D/Pers
15
D/S
16
DTR
17
Asst/ DCI
1
AO/DCI
19
20
21
22
Remarks:
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