STUDY OF DDO PERSONNEL PROCEDURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000900020017-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: March 21, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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21 March 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: DDO/OP
SUBJECT: Study of DDO Personnel Procedures
1. Your meeting of 17 March 1973 on this subject
cleared up, for me at least, some of the ambiguity of your
implementing memorandum of 15 March 1973. It became clear
that the subject is Personnel Administration.
2. As we have discussed, there is no person in
spending less than 25% of his (or her) time in some form
or aspect of personnel administration and/or personnel
management. We have an authorized strength of 0 persons
25X9A2 of whom =are "D" careerists and 0 DDS careerists with
the latter -st uted as follows:
The work of u spreads across the operational spectrum.
25X1A of the DDO and is performed in response to the operational
requirements of the Directorate.
3. As for ideas or suggestions re consolidation,
elimination,, centralization, and/or simplification in per-
sonnel administration:
a. The substitution of "exceptions" reporting for
our current T&A reporting might save untold man-years.
In essence, it is suggested that personnel be paid
without T&A's and that only the exceptions be reported
to OF. OF should be able to work out a simplified
system which would satisfy any legal requirements.
b. The consolidation of personnel files so that
there is one complete file for each person. While
such an action may cause some inconveniences and may
require some slow-down in access to personnel files,
it is believed that many man-years could be saved by
this means.
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c. Some time and thus people could be saved by
changing our system for travel orders. DOD has found
significant savings in its current system and we
might take a page from their book.
d. The processing of "home leave" and "short of
tour" actions seems very unwieldy and time consuming.
Would it not be possible to delegate some of this
authority so that when there are valid operational as
opposed to convenience reasons the authority and
responsibility can be fixed on the operationally
responsible officer, i.e., Operating Division Chief
or his Deputy? 25X1A
e. Commuted travel is another area which has
proven to be a time and money saver in 0 It is
being used more widely but why not all together?
Corporate America and most international organiza-
tions learned this years ago.
f. Why do we have to evaluate everyone in every
grade every year in our Panels? Our promotion rates
have been rather quick but are likely to slow down, so
why not look on a regular basis at only those persons
who are rated Outstanding and Adequate or Marginal:
the former to see if indeed they are and advance them
if appropriate; the latter for corrective or adminis-
trative action, as appropriate?
g. There should be an Agency-wide system with
Agency-wide criteria for the systematic and continuing
reduction of personnel, since it is clear that person-
nel reduction will continue for the foreseeable future.
Such criteria should include breadth of experience,
mobility, adaptability to the varying and various
tasks of the Agency, coupled with seniority or longev-
ity in the intelligence business, be it in production,
operations or services in support of the other two.
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