FINAL DRAFT OF SUPERGRADE SURVEY

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• Publication Date: October 16, 1977
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Deputy to the DCI
for the Intelligence Community
Director of Performance Evaluation
and Improvement
Production Assessment and Improvement Division
SUBJECT: Final Draft of Supergrade Survey
REFERENCE: Ltr from Robert J. Hermann dtd Oct 18 1977
1. (U) Attached is the finished report on the supergrade survey.
It contains all the corrections for factual accuracy that were suggested
by the Community agencies, a few suggested changes of text, and a foot-
note (page 2) that responds to a comment by Gen. Jack Thomas.
2. (U) In the covering memo to Mr. Jayne, the only modification
that was made was to add a clause in the next to last line of paragraph
2a as follows: "such an increase may also be justified for Service
intelligence components." This change, requested by Army ACSI, seems
acceptable.
3. (U) The memo from Mr. Hermann of ASD(C31), which comments on
the survey, required no change in the text or covering memo to OMB.
The memo suggests that:
a. ASD(C31) wants to participate in any future IC
Staff effort to measure the impact of supergrade positions
on the quality of intelligence output;
b. before 0MB agrees to improve DIA's supergrade
position, 0MB will probably want a position-by-position
analysis of how DIA would use new positions (the impli-
cation is that ASD(C31) would Provide such an analysis,
if needed);
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SUBJECT: Final Draft of Supergrade Survey
c. the IC Staff might want to expand upon DIA's need
for special exempting legislation (I decided not to include
such a plea, but to stand ready, with ASD(C31) input, to
provide it to OMB if requested); and
d. Mr. Hermann would like a copy of OMB's response to
the survey.
The memo from Mr. Hermann appears to be an attempt to be included in any
future work that falls out from the survey.
4. (U) If you wish, I will draft a response to Mr. Hermann which
incorporates your views on the actions suggested.
5. (U) When the attachment is forwarded to OMB, it will also be
forwarded to the Intelligence Community agencies.
Attachment:
Memo to Mr. Jayne for
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w/attached Survey of
Intelligence Community
Supergrade Positions
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a. The supergrade structure for the Intelligence
Community in aggregate is reasonable and consistent with
other Government agencies which have comparable responsi-
bilities. Each agency has a rigorous system for determining
its needs for supergrade positions and their allocation
within the organization. Overall, it is my judgment that
the numbers are roughly right. There are some imbalances
among components of the Intelligence Community which will
be examined further. One example is the Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) where I believe that an increase in the number
of supergrades may be justified in order to bring the
analytical elements of the DIA to a comparable level with
other major programs and to improve career opportunities
within that organization; such an increase may also be
justified for Service intelligence components. I will
address this issue in the forthcoming program issue review.
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
Intelligence Community Staff
3 NOV 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Edward R. Jayne, II
Associate Director for National Security
and International Affair's
Office of Management and Budget
John N. McMahon
Acting Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
SUBJECT: Survey of Intelligence Community Supergrade
Positions
1. (U) I am forwarding the attached Survey of Intelligence Community
Supergrade Positions which was prepared by the Intelligence Community
Staff (IC Staff) in response to a January 1977 request from the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget.
2. (U) Based on my review of the survey and discussions with
senior members of the Intelligence Community, I have reached the follow-
ing conclusions concerning the issue of supergrade structure within the
Intelligence Community:
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b. While the question of supergrade levels is an
important and sometimes emotional personnel issue, its impact on
the budget is relatively insignificant. Because of the compression
of salaries at the high grades (which was exacerbated by the 1
October raise), there is not a large difference between mid-level
GS-15 and supergrade salaries.
c. While determining ratios and examining numbers
of supergrades is important, the emphasis should not be on statis-
tics, but, rather, on the quality of the output. In the final
analysis, such "output" assessment is the best basis for judging
how an organization should be structured and manned. The IC Staff
will be pursuing this kind of assessment in the future.
Signed
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Survey of Intelligence
Community Supergrade Positions
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and International Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
2 - Mr. John F. Blake, Acting Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence
3 - Vice Admiral B. R. Inman, USN, Director, National Security
Agency
4 - Mr. Harold H. Saunders, Director of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
5 - Lieutenant General Eugene F. Tighe, Jr., USAF,
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
6 - Major General Edmund R. Thompson, USA, Assistant Chief
of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
7 - Rear Admiral Donald P. Harvey, USN, Director of
Naval Intelligence
8 - Major General James L. Brown, IJSAF, Assistant Chief
of Staff, Intelligence
9 - Mr. Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
10 - Mr. Ray E. Chapman, Director, International
Security Affiars, Department of Energy
11 - Mr. Gerald P. Dinneen, Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Communications Command Control and Intelligence
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