CAREER TRAINING (CT) TASK FORCE MEETING 23 FERUARY 1979 (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R001000090026-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: February 26, 1979
• Content Type: MFR

Approved F.elease 2004/01/29: CIA-RDP83-001
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From the desk of 315-
DON WORTMAN
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Approved For Release 2004/01/29 : CIA-RDP83-00156R001000090026-0
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Career Training (C ask Force Meetii 2
25X1 23 February 1979
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1. The CT Task Force met Friday, 23 February 1979, at
1100. Mr. Fitzwater chaired the meeting which was attended
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2. It was agreed that the Office of Personnel (OP) will
advise CTS early next week whether or not recruitment assistance
25X1 is needed in
3. Mr. Fitzwater advised that 18 weeks elapse from the
time we request that advertisements be placed in newspapers until
we receive files in response to the ads. Because of this timing,
we should place advertisements now for the next class. OP will
determine what progress is being made by research
focus groups. We will ensure that any changes in advertisements
are cleared with the Directorate of Operations (DO). 0
4. The Office of Training supported the Office of Medical
Service's (OMS) request to hire two additional psychologists.
Psychological Services Staff is looking at seven prospective
candidates--three of special interest. OP will work with OMS
to facilitate processing of these individuals.
5. The Task Force is actively pursuing assigning blocks
of appointments to be used when scheduling applicants for
processing. By doing this, we will be able to call after-
hours in order to contact those applicants who are unavailable
25X1 during regular duty hours.
6. There have been 61 cases received in Security thus far--
48 are currently in process (41 of them in the field). There
have been 9 approvals, 2 disapprovals, and 2 cancellations. An
agreement was made to waive theMdical approval prior to
25X1 polygraphs on the West Coast.
39*1 7. I Ireported that the Directorate of Operations'
quota for Career Trainees for the 14 January 1980 class is 60. C