FULL FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ON COMPETITIVE SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS FOR CRITICAL-SENSITIVE POSITIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000700120007-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Content Type: REGULATION

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FI~DE1tA7a I'ERSOPdNEI'. r1ANUAL SYS7TYd
SU&1ECT: Ful]. Field investigations an Competitive Serv3.ce
Employeaxs acid Applicants for Critical.-Sensitive ~'osit~.oxle
Section ~3 (b) of Executive Order . ].Ole>0 dat~;d, Apri]. z7, 1953 ? They.
arc binding on all agencie , which make conapotitive apl>intment , tirith
particular application to tlxose agencies which conduct full field
investigations by agreement with the Commission.
BEADS OS' DEPARTAIEN'PS AND INDEI'ENl)1NT FSTAF)TaSSE1hff~NT5:
This le~ttrr annour~cc~s nrini~.mi~.xx :ttan.dards relating to full. hold ,
investigations for appo3.ntrnerrt to crib.cal--sensa.t:i.ve pasitions in
the competitive sorv:i.ee. Included arcs standards on acc,pe and
coverage of ful]. field investigations; the3 ~elc:ctian, tx?aining and
supervision of investigators; and safeguards to avoid un~rarranted
invasion of privacy. `These. standards are-.the result of a cox?e~'u~,
study t>y an irtterag~:ncy cammitt;ec x^Qpresr~nting thw nv~, jor a,onc:lc~s
which conduct full. field irrvestigatians. They az?e: issued in acec~rcl-~
ante with the delc~;ation of authority to thr CanunXSSion conts~inc~d in
Scooe and Covc~ra~ics of k`ull Fa~eld Invesl;:i~atioras
f'or Critioa].-Scnsitivc~ Positions
coverage is obtained for the last five-year periaci. In addition,
a thorough personal investigztian shall bo-made of anv materially !
derogatory matters developed, requiring investigation t-efare tha ~
five-year pex?i.od.
The.basicelements of investigation are: ',
Full field investigations on cor~petitivc service enrployee:r and
.applicants far critical-sensitive pasitions sha~.l be personally
conducted investigations which cover the life of the individua].
with emphasis. an the pereon~s background and activities dura.ng the
most rec?nt f~..fteen years, or since his ei.ghteentla bix?thday, w}ri.ch-~
evor is the shorter period. f'articularl.jr intensive investig~lt~.ve
A Natiartal Agency Check as follows:
FBI name checlt
FBI i"ingcrpra.nt check
CSC Security File cheek
CSC Security Investigations Inde.^t chcclc .
~Dvfense Centrzl Index of InveSti;atiGns check (covcrz.ng
rai7.itax?y service ox? defense e~iployr~c;nt)
Flouse Cor~unittee ort Urr-American Activities check as appropriate
Imanigration and ~1a~;ura].i ration files (on natura].iz,rd citizens}
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personal interviews with present- and former ernployoi s; super-
visors; fellow yrorkers; rcferer7ces, when available; neighbors;.
.school authori.t9.es; ar~d other know.l.erigertibl.e e,ssaci.s~.tes.
checks of police, credit (t~rhen practical and just9.fiocl), and
other pert:i.nent records as r~p;rrc>pria.te, such as )jF3:[ field
offices, vitr~,l. statistics (to resolve. d~.screl7ancics.), military
service, a.nd the like.
Personal interviews as appropriate, for the proxirti~.te five-year
periad, should be scheduled with employers, supervisors, and work
associates to verify and al~tain pertinent details for all employ-
ments in that investigative p~:riod. Part3.cular care shall. be taken
also to verify the fact of uncznplayment or self--eznp].oyment ca.a:imed by
the subject of investigation during the proximate five-yoar pera.od:
Significant education at a college level shauld be ver3.fa.ed by e,
check of the school records. Secondary education should be investi--
gated when the subject is young and has .had na subsequent school..i.ng.
Personal intervieti~rs should be conducted wS.th available witnesses-such
as schoo]. aut}ior:ttics, profcr:,e~ors and formor students who wcro a.sso--
ciated with the subject during z?E;cent schaa].i.n~;.
Neighbar~hoad investigation should rzorznally? be conducted on civilian
employees and applicants to cover residence during the most rece:rxt
three years. Testirrany of neighbors before that periad rr>