LETTER TO MR. H. L. KRIEGER FROM JOHN F. BLAKE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R000800120100-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 100
• Publication Date: June 1, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

tenni inteuigencr r~~ency ~~~
?bca .i
Mr. H. L. Krieger, -Director
Federal Personnel and Compensation Division
General Accounting Office
Washington, D. C. 20548
Dear Mr. Krieger:
This is in response to Mr. J. K. Fasick's ID-ttex- o: - ?.e. IN-'y 197$
requesting our comments on your proposed report as to-the. desirability
of establishing a single retirement system for aLL Federal perso aek_
We do not concur in the conclusion that the CIA Retirement: andl
Disability System (CIARDS) should be included in a single consol_i datcu(l
Federal system. We consider that the unique security and. management
factors require that the CIARDS should remain under- Agency- control ay a
separate statutory system.
The justification for maintaining CIARDS as a separate- system was
spelled out in the Agency's detailed response of 9 `March 1977 to
Mr. Shelton's earlier. (ll November 1976) letter which initiated. CG_AOt
review. A copy of the response we made at that time is encl.osedt as
Attachment C. Unfortunately, your draft report dce5 not include- most
of the rationale supporting our position. As a result, recipierxt.s of tbr,.,
report within the Congress would be given a one-sided. view supporting yoat-
conclusion for one retirement system with little insight into the- Agency'
position- to allow an objective appraisal of the proposal as it dance .
CIARDS.
To present a balanced report, we feel it on y fair and necessar-r
that the detailed rationale supporting CIA's position he included. an the
section of your report on CIARDS. Accompanying this -7-cater as At-tadrmen t lA
are our comments on the draft of your proposed report.. For yo rr zurtirer
information is Attachment B, a statement made by the Acting Deputy Dii'ecc'.or
of Central Intelligence on 13 October 1977 during hearings on CIARDS hell
by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. We believe you
will find in these two attachments important information to s gplem rrt t.14:-
information we gave to Mr. Shelton in March 1977.
If, notwithstanding the views expressed in the attached materials,
your final report recommends the rigger of CIARDS in a single Federal
:ceCutive Rec;i:.tr 1,
3
OLC 73.d'
AA
Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R000800120100-0
 Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R000800120100-0
retirement system, we request that the report reflect the Agency's
rationale for CIARDS as a separate system and the Agency's stand in
opposition to any other arrangement.
A representative of our Office of Personnel is prepared to meet
again with Mr. Shelton directly to discuss appropriate revisions of
the report to satisfy our concerns.
Sincerely,
F, B!3.ka
John F. Blake
Acting Deputy Director
Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R000800120100-0
 ^ UNCLASSIFIED
^ INTERNAL
USE ONLY
SUBJECT: (Optional)
CIA's Comments on GAO's Draft Report Proposing
a Single Federal Retirement System
FROM:
J. F. slake
Deputy Director for Administration
7D24, Hgs.
TO. (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
r. Comptroller
4E06, Hqs.
2.0ffice of General Counsel
7D07, Hqs.
3.Office of Legislative Coun;el
6C19, Hqs.
5-Deputy Director,..of. Central
Intelligence
---7E- L2; Hqs .
6-Director of Central
Intelligence
_ 7E1-2 ,
I-
FORM
3-G2
610
USE PREVIOUS
EDITIONS
I OFFICER'S
I INITIALS
^ CDN IDENTIAL
^
_ f
---z
IA tr! I
SECRET
COMMENTS {Number eoch comment `o shoe +rom whom
to whom. Dra- a jr.. lacross column after e?.oc comment.}
The General Accounting 0ffc., (GAO)
conducted a study (begm in %tarch
1977) of the feasibility of merg-
ing all 51 separate Federal retire-
-
J,ment systems into a single a?trre-
ment system for all Federal
civilian and military employes.
The study was requested by =-free
committees in the House :
--ar;_ed Service
--Banking and Currency
- -Post Office and Civil Se mice
On 24 May 1973, GAO sent us, for
comment, a copy of the report it
intends to subr0_t to the Congress.
The report proposes to merge 38
separate retirement svstema,
!including CLARDS. Our comments
are reflected briefly in the
;attached letter for the LICE 's
signature and at Zeno h in
- j Attachr