PROPOSAL TO ADOPT EXPERIMENTAL COMPRESSED AND FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES IN OFFICE OF IMAGERY ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82T00285R000200110009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 2, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Director/NFAC
Director/Office of Personnel
I)1rrctor/Office' of Finance
SUBJECT i'roposaL to Adopt Experimental Compressed and
Flexible Work Schedules in Office of Imagery
Analysis
1. Your approval is requested for the Office of Imagery analysis
(OIA) to adopt compressed and flexihle time on an experimental. basis for
a six month period under the provisions of the referenced notice.
2. OIA lr.~ surveyed its people to determine: the level of interest
in compressed and flexihle time. Of the Office's re STAT
currently serving ati Of these ave. expressed a pre- STAT
ference for a compressed workweek of ten hours a day, four clays per
week. The balance prefer a five day workweek.
3. Within the guidelines of the referenced notice and the require-
ment for continued, unimpaired functioning of the Office, we have developed
an office work schedule that permits all who wish to work it four day week
to do so and all who wish to remain on a five day week to do so--that is,
participation in the experiment is voluntary. A few adjustments of indi-
vidual preferences for daily working hours have been necessary, however,
in order to meet daily minimum staffing requirements.
4. Our proposal meets all of the conditions spec III ed in IIN20-888
as well as the following OIA requirements:
A. A minimum of fifty percent normal staffing of each component
of the Office Monday thru Friday, with representation in each component
to include personnel at all levels of experlenice and responsibility.
B. Monday thru Friday representation in each component until
1700 hours by branch chiefs or their hark-ups, until 1800 hours by
division chiefs or their deputies, and until 1801) by the office. director,
his deputy, or the executive officer.
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C. Individual scheduling in each component so that unsupervised
work will occur only under exceptional circumstances.
5. In compliance with the above requirements, our proposal has the
following staffing characteristics:
A. Essential hour (0800-1630) staffing of at least fifty percent
on Mondays and Fridays, and nearly seventy percent Tuesday thru Thursday.
B. Core hour (0930-1530) staffing of sixty-five percent on
Mondays and Fridays, and nearly one-hundred percent on Tuesday thru
Thursday.
C. Supervision of work in all components during more than ninety-
nine percent of total manhours.
6. The experimental period will allow us to test our expectation
of a substantial positive impact on employee morale and productivity.
It seems reasonable to expect also a contribution to the conservation
of energy through a substantial reduction in weekly commuting mileage.
I plan to implement the proposed schedule as soon after approval as is
practical.
STAT
Noel rt
Director
Imagery Analysis
CONCUR:
Director, Office of Finance
RECOMMEND APPROVAL:
Director, Office of P'e'rsonnel
APPROVED:
Deputy Director for Administration
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