MINUTES OF THE 6 JANUARY 1977 EXECUTIVE ADVISORY GROUP MEETING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000900010052-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2002
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: January 11, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Advisory Group Members
SUBJECT : Minutes of the 6 January 1977 Executive Advisory
Group Meeting
1. The Executive Advisory.Group (EAG) met on 6 January 1977 to
discuss four items on the subject of personnel management.
2. The first was the Agency's use of the Professional Aptitude
Test Battery (PATB). This portion of the meeting was attended by the
Director and several members of the Office of Medical. Services (OMS),
by the Director of Equal Employment Opportunity, and by the Chairman
of the DCI EEO Advisory Panel. Discussion centered upon the EEO
Advisory Panel's recommendations regarding PA'TYB, which had been cir-
culated to EAG members with commentary (ECG 12/f). Mr. Knoche asked
OMS to design .a program to implement the first of the recommendations,
which seeks the development of guidelines at the component level for
the use of the PATB so that managers will be able to use test results
more advantageously. The EAG would reserve judgment on the other
recommendations until this had been accomplished and OMS is able to
evaluate documentation on instances of inappropriate use of PATB
results which have been identified by the Panel. Mr. Blake said that
90 days would be sufficient to accomplish this task, at which time
OMS would report back to the EAG.
3. The second item was promotion pol'_cy. A paper on this subject
(EAG 12/c) proposing revision of the current regulation had been
circulated to EAG members by the Director of Personnel. Mr. Janney and
members of his Office explained that the purpose of the revision was to
clarify promotion policy and make it uniform. A key change was lan-
guage stating that eligibility for promotion should rest on assessment
that an employee is qualified to undertake higher level responsibilities.
The proposed regulations were approved, with minor modifications.
4. The third item was consistent separation policy, which also
involved a proposed revision of current regulations by the Director of
Personnel (EAG 12/e). Mr. Janney said that the revision. was intended
to clarify the differences between voluntary and involuntary separations.
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Discussion focused upon the proposed regulation's formalization of
separation for low ranking in two consecutive years. Mr. Wells asked
about the Agency's experience in separating employees strictly for low
ranking. Mr. Janney said OP was prepared to help anyone who was
determined to move in this direction. Mr~. Knoche asked that OP re-work
the paragraph on this form of separation and circulate the revision to
EAG members for comment. He asked that OP investigate whether the trial
period mentioned in the regulation can be changed from one to two years.
5. The last item was the identification of key operating positions
for which the EAG would review nominations, in order to consider extra-
directorate candidates as well as groomed successors. Papers from OP and
the Comptroller's Office had been distributed on this subject (FAG 12/d),
which contained general agreement on procedures but differed in respect
to the number of positions to include. Mr. Knoche suggested that the
EAG start with a larger list than that proposed by OP, which might be
reduced upon the establishment of procedures and with the benefit of
experience. Following suggested additions and subtractions of positions
by EAG members, Mr. Knoche asked that the attached list be adopted. Re
asked OP to establish the necessary procedures and set them in, motion,
in collaboration with the Comptroller's Office.
STATINTL
James H. Tay r
Secretary
Executive Advisory Group
Attachment as stated
cc: Mr. Janney
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