HONOR AND MERIT AWARDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01082A000700270003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 16, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH Deputy Director for Administration
FROM Director of Personnel
SUBJECT Honor and Merit Awards
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1. Action Requested: That you approve a specific
honor and merit awards program for employees in the
Intelligence Community who are performing duties related
to the national intelligence effort.
2. Basic Data or Back round: At present, only-Agency
employees an other persons officially affiliated with-the
Agency are eligible to participate in our Honor and Merit
Awards Program. We have, however, interpreted this in the
past as providing sufficient latitude to allow non-Agency
individuals to receive Agency.awards, such as Dr. Louis
Tordella, former Deputy Director, National Security Agency;
Directors of NSA; Mr. Andrew Ruddock, former Director,
Bureau of Retirement, Insurance and Occupational Health;
and others,.; including non-Federal employees.
3. Staff Position: It appears appropriate at this
time to develop a suitable means whereby individuals in
the Intelligence Community who have made truly meaningful
contributions to the national effort can receive recogni-
tion. We do not believe, however, that the current Agency
Honor and Merit Awards Program should be expanded to accom-
modate this requirement. To do so could well require a
restructuring of our.existing program. In addition, we
believe that contributions to CIA should be recognized by
CIA awards and contributions to the national intelligence
effort by non-Agency employees should be recognized by a
different award. It is therefore our opinion that a new
medal and a new certificate should be developed for this
specific purpose with eligibility standards sufficiently
stringent to assure such awards retain a meaningful value.
In addition, we specifically suggest that recommendations
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be referred first to the Intelligence Community Staff for
comment and then to the Honor and Merit Awards Board for
review and recommendation to the Director. As a part of
this processing we will ensure recommendations are reviewed
by the Office of Security and Cover and Commercial Staff.
4. Recommendation: That you authorize our pursuing
the development o a new awards program for non-Agency
employees in the Intelligence Community who would be
eligible.
Director of PerOnnel
APPROVED:
DISAPPROVED:
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