UNIFORM PROMOTION SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R000600020016-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 18, 1978
• Content Type: REGULATION

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This Notice Expires 1 June 1979
IS may 1979,
1. Many of the personnel policies of the Agency
have been and are being carefully reexamined. One of the-
conclusions-is that employees and the Agency will benefit"
from the adoption of a more uniform promotion system
throughout the Agency. The adoption of such a system will
increase employee awareness of promotion opportunities and
will ensure more promotion headroom by implementing
existing Agency regulations concerning marginal performers.
It is 'recogni zed that each Career Service has unique-
characteristics and problems which require consideration,
Modifications of the Agency's promotion system will allow
recognition of that uniqueness by the use of more expanded
statements of promotion criteria for each Career Service.
2. The establishment of uniform promotion schedules
by grade will be keyed to the scheduling of fitness reports
followed by panel evaluations and by recommendations for
promotions.- The intention is to have the whole system ready
for implementation beginning 1 October 1978. Meanwhile,
actions are already being taken to incorporate each new
feature as it is developed into the Agency's promotion
?_-system. These will include the following::,
a. A minimum annual target for promotion of
qualified people for each grade will be established'
by appropriate Career Services or Sub-Groups and
published. This action will be completed in June.
b. Promotion rates will. be sustained for the
most part through normal attrition, but additionally.-
it will be necessary to adhere mor strictly to the
current separation regulation I Isubsequent
to identifying the bottom three percent of employees
competitively ranked each year. As a protection to
the employees identified in this process, the Career
Service will establish independent panels to review
each case on its merit. The panels will assess the
employee's value and potential. Their findingss1will'
be furnished to the Head of the Career Service.
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c. The common criteria for promotion in all
Career Services are set forth in Specific
Career Service criteria will be published and made
available to further the employee's understanding of
how selection for promotion is achieved and how to become
qualified for promotion.
d. All Career Services will=-Lfse an evaluation
panel system to determine promotion eligibility. Rankings
and recommendations for promotion made by an evaluation
panel can only be changed by the Director.
e. A uniform promotion schedule for all. Career
Services (i.e.,. all GS-09's will be promoted-in the same''
month, etc.) will be established and published. 'The Office
of Personnel will work with the Heads of-the-Career Services
in establishing a schedule for each grade. Promotion lists
will be published.
DISTRIBUTION: ALL EMPLOYEES
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