(Sanitized) ESCORT PROGRAM

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00261R000300120003-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2000
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• Publication Date: July 19, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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19 JUL 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
VIA: Director of Personnel
FROM Robert W. Gambino
Director of Security
SUBJECT:
Escort Program
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1, Action Requested: Approve the employment of inter-
mittent employees up to 1,900 hours per employment
year.
STATINTL
STA11INTL
2. Background: Two outside contractors working on
Headquarters construction projects recently made claims which
totaled $40,413 and were based on the Agency's inability to
provide security escorts to meet proposed work schedules. We
.-have been advised that these claims were settled by the
General Services Administration for $28,533.
A significant portion of our problem in providing
escort services stems from the difficulty in recruit-
ing and retaining sufficient numbers of mployees.
Because of continuing ceiling limitations, the Program has
been supplemented by employees hired under one year non-
renewable contracts and by intermittent employees. The numbers
we have been able to hire and retain in these categories have
continually been insufficient to meet expanding requirements
for escorts.
The present 1,560-hour limitation on intermittent
employment presents two major difficulties:
a. The Office of Personnel reports that
in interviewing prospective employees the need to
limit employment to 30 hours per week discourages
many applicants. It is believed that expanding
this offer to 37 hours per week would measurably
aid the recruitment effort.
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b. As one year non-renewable contracts
expire, many employees who must subsequently be
limited to 30 hours per week choose instead to
seek other employment. If we could offer as many
as 37 hours per week we believe that many of these
experienced employees could be retained in the
Program.
3. Staff Position: There are at present 30 intermittent
- employees. Six of these have already announced that
they will be terminating their employment by September 1977.
Two others are former full-time employees who now have outside
jobs at night and can work for us only during the day. One
other is now on LWOP because he has already reached the current
1,560-hour limitation. By September, only the remaining 21
intermittent employees will be available to meet all require-
ments. outside normal working hours. That number is clearly
inadequate.
4. Recommendation: In order to assist in the recruit-
ment and retention o employees, it is recommended STATINTL
that you approve an exception to paragraph 3 of
thereby permitting intermittent employees to work a
maximum of 1,900 hours per employment year.
STATINTL
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APPROVED
R~JDeputy Director or dministration
DATE : 2 ?, JUL 1977
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Acting D~ Comment: "A 35-hour wk or 1820 hrs
per employment year is approved for reasons
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The following comments are
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offered in your.considering the
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attached request from the Director
of Security to increase the 1,560
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a. It is true that OP has had
difficulty in recruiting suffi-
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place into process for the-
Program and one of the factors is
the present 30 hours a week or
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limitation. Being able to offer
additional hours will, I believe,
assist in the recruitment effort
for this particular program,
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b. Within the past few days,
we have placed ads in certain
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Gazette for this specific program.
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visiting the local colleges and
universities to list this employ-
meet with the placement officers.
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c. Raising the ceiling to
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1900 hours (or approximately 37
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hours per week) might cause some
scrutiny by OMB since that would
be getting close to full-time
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employment. A 35-hour week or
1820 hours per employment year
might be more defensible and
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palatable.
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