IDENTIFICATION OF KEY OPERATING POSITIONS FOR EAG CONSIDERATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000900010040-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2002
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: December 9, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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DG 1976
RUM FOD: Director of Personnel
Identificntion of V.ey Pcnitions for
r.N"; Con,53i4eration
I. The list of key c7ereting positions, forware.l.ed with your
zerrandum of Noverrber on the above subject, is a good start in
the risht direction. r.lowever, we believe that we need to begin with -
a stateent of the criteria for zolectim9 the key 72ositicns and that
the list needs to be considerably broa4:1ened to meet tilose criteria,
We also have swe procedural suggestions. Our sc;ecific recolentlations.
follow. .
Criteria
.2. The?Executive 'Advisory Group should consider nominations to
senior operating positions that best l',7eet one or more of, the following
three criteria:
--duties of the position have imF:ortant inplications
for CCI Area offices and/or other Directorates;
--duties of the position involve matters of policy
import2nce to the Agency as. a whole/ and
--duties are such that candic3atl, from outside the
parent Directorate or DCI Area office obviously
shoOld be considered.
3. The exact nature Of PAG acticn will have to vary according to
the natureof th,=. jc.c. Certain senior officials concurrently serve the DCI
and his utie for the A,.?encyod the Co:53,tinity, aha the ultimate decirdori -
clear11 ast ad e by the e ,AG position woula, 7,1;:verth;qess,
be a 3tror.3 ra,c1r,a,yeatiort to be token into account. Otn,:,!-r senior cflacial3'
crcro7-xiarliy a CIA role, :Eold :thould toka deciaivs cart ,*.n
sq.:?lectinq iluch iIviduaI nfi the.:EAG role vifi-a-vi3 a jot, such I.:A th,e
chd AsL.03tant r the CC"' would be to :,intain a ii o duz;lifiu
the list o5: th-J1
weli-oaInrIcad one. In any -2v,,,,nt, Z ta.i liSt of 17.0sitbn5 will -
hhvo to beenroved
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;uqjested List of Key Officials
4. ?e have indicatad on the attached list a limited number of
.cositions we belLwe best heat the criteria ss,t, forth above. Ihe
:=3:3itions on the original ?Mee of P.vrsonnel list are indicated with
an asterisk.
NulTiDer of Positions Designated
5, The suggested list totals about 50 positions. Assuming that
the average incumbency is in the neighborhood of three yv_are, the EAG would
he asked to revizw 15-20 key al)7ointments annually. This would average one
every three to feur weeks although changes will tend to be clustered rather
than phased through the year. Beviews will, of course, involve some
imposition on FAG zewbers' time; however, putting the best possible
people in key jobs clearly is one of the most iNportant functions top
ronagement must perform. And the time involved should be less than would
appear on the surface. Actual incumbency may well exceed three years,
and we would anticipate that the EAG would in most cases rapidly confirm
the nomination of the responsible Deputy or office head.
Procedures,
6. We doubt that it is worthwhile to try to identify the time interval
in which various positions are expected to become vacant. Bather, we
would suggest that this element of the planning process be handled by
dividing the lists of possible candidates into two sections, one 'qualified
to assume the job within one year" and the other "potential candidates
one-to-three years hence,"
7. We suggest that each FAG member b=', asked concurrently to suggest
candidates for each of the designated positions, considering all Agency
personnel and outsiders, rather than for only one Directorate or area;
Thus, the first list to be presented to EAG would be a composite list
of all suggestions, and the first task for FAG would be to review that
list and make such changes as they jointly agree to.
8. We would propose that the EAG, at the meeting of 21 Decezber
asked to review, revise and approve the list Of positions and assign
follow-up action to the Office of Personnel. That action would consist
of polling the EAG members for names by mid-January and of providing the
with the ccmcosite list no later than 1 Peoruarv. Thereafter, the
Office of Personnel would be resoonsibla for maintaining contact with the
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EXI and the IDeputy Directors, to learn of mpc6'aing changes involving
7;c5.itioc3 Ecr FAG review and to ,:lrran, with the Cotroller to yet :3u-eh
u)views on the nchedule. It woun also be resrxhi6le fr obtaining
ri3-viet.i lists of candith,tea fro; eac:;1 :17-iDer z;eJli-annu;olly (July
and January), and scheduling with us EAr4 ,:xessioos (in AugLuit and February)
to considar and ar,Twove the r7vised cmcosit list.
- ? 94.? e would Lk..:.'reciElte %Tour- aa- our7.-..-.17a121 by. 13
. . after- vtrhic..h. we:cart the nnxtztrz7,2s..
Attaelvte.ntt,
As stated
STATINTL
James B. Taylor* -
Secretary, Executive AdviscryGr up
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