PRESIDENT S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL CIVILIAN SERVICE

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Director of Personnel Policy, Planning, and Management
SUBJECT: President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
1. Action Requested: That you sign the attached letter to the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management which nominates Mr. Robert Bowie and
Mr. Howard Stoertz for the 1979 President's Award for Distinguished Federal
Civilian Service.
2. Background: In May 1979 the Office of Personnel sent a memorandum
to all Deputy Directors and the DCI Administrative Officer requesting
nominations for public service awards for which the Agency participates.
During that review, Howard Stoertz was submitted by NFAC for this Award.
His nomination was concurred in by the Honor and Merit Awards Board and you
approved this recommendation on 15 August 1979.
Additionally, on 8 February 1980 you advised that you wished
Mr. Robert Bowie to be renominated for this Award. (Mr. Bowie and Mr.. Sidney
Graybeal were both recommended last year. Mr. Graybeal was one of the Award
recipients and Mr. Bowie was not.)
Nominations are due 4 April 1980.
3. Recommendation: That you sign the attached letter to the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management nominating both Mr. Howard Stoertz and
Mr. Robert Bowie for the 1979 President's Award for Distinguished Federal
Civilian Service.
Harry E. Fitzwater
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Honorable Alan K. Campbell
Director, Office of Personnel Management
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Washington, D.C. 20415
Dear Scotty:
Enclosed are nominating statements recommending Mr. Robert Bowie and
Mr. Howard Stoertz for the 1979 President's Award for Distinguished Federal
Civilian Service.
Mr. Bowie joined this Agency in 1977 having already served a long
and distinguished career both in and out of the Federal Government. He
came to the CIA as Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for
National Intelligence and later was named Director of the National Foreign
Assessment Center. His substantive support to the President and Cabinet
officials on matters of foreign policy was of great value to the mission of
the Agency and the Intelligence Community.
Mr. Stoertz joined this Agency in 1949 as a military-strategic analyst.
Through many years of experience in the field of crafting strategic estimates,
he has become probably the country's most expert and respected producer of
national intelligence assessments on strategic matters of vital importance
to this country's welfare. He was the first Agency student to attend the
STAT has served as Director of the
Imagery al sis Service an was selected to serve as
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tor trategic Arms Limitation, and later, until his retirement in early 1980,
National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs.
Both Mr. Stoertz and Mr. Bowie are truly deserving of greater recogni-
tion than that which can be granted by this Agency, and I strongly support
these award recommendations for them.
Yours,
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PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL, CIVILIAN SERVICE
ROBERT R. BOWIE
In a professional career spanning some forty years, he served the
Federal Government as a key advisor.on important foreign policy issues--
from the post-World War II reconstruction of Germany and development of
US policy in Europe, through the SALT II negotiations. Most recently,
in the Intelligence Community, he was the deputy to the Director of
Central Intelligence responsible for substantive support to the President
and Cabinet officials on matters of foreign policy concern.
By his superior contribution to US national security policy formulation
and implementation, he brought great credit to himself and the Federal
Government.
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RECQDATION
ROBERT R. BOWIE
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL CIVILIAN SERVICE
1. The President's Award for Distinguished Civilian Service may be
presented to a person who has a long and distinguished career in the
Federal Government, or to someone who has provided outstanding leader-
ship in planning, organizing, or directing a program of unusual importance
and complexity. Mr. Robert R. Bowie, EP-04, who resigned from the
Central Intelligence Agency on 17 August 1979, meets both of these
criteria.
2. Mr. Bowie first served the Federal Government in 1942, when he
entered the US Army in World War II. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel, and in 1945-46 held the position of Special Assistant to the
Deputy Military Governor for Germany. He was awarded the Legion of
Merit with Oak-Leaf Cluster. The latter part of his military service
was particularly important because it contributed materially to the
development of post-war US policy toward Germany and West Europe.
3. After World War II, Mr. Bowie joined the faculty of the Harvard
Law School. In 1948, he was appointed Director, Task Force Regulatory
Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch. In 1949, he
was a consultant with the State Department. During 1950-51, Mr. Bowie
was General Counsel and Special Advisor to the US High Commissioner for
Germany, and on leaving this position was retained by HICOG as a consultant.
4. In 1953, Mr. Bowie rejoined the Government as Director, Policy
Planning Staff, State Department, and in 1955 he was appointed Assistant
Secretary of State for Policy Planning. He also served as State Department
representative to the Planning Board of the National Security Council.
This service was notable again because it was during a critical period
for the Western Alliance and for US-USSR relations.
5. From 1957 to 1973, except during 1966-68, Mr. Bowie returned to
Harvard as a professor of international relations, and later became
Director of the Center of International Affairs. From 1957-1966 he was
regularly called upon to consult with the State Department and with the
Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency. From 1966-
68, Mr. Bowie returned to the State Department as Counselor.
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6. In 1977, Mr. Bowie joined the Intelligence Community as Deputy
to the Director of Central Intelligence for National Intelligence. He
then became Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment and Director
of the National Foreign Assessment Center. In this post, Mr. Bowie was
the DCI's principal advisor on the quality of intelligence analysis, and
was the principal official under the DCI in the Intelligence Community
who managed substantive support to the President,. Cabinet officials, and
the National Security Council. Mr. Bowie came to this position at a
time when the role of the Intelligence Community and of CIA was being
challenged from many quarters. He took a strong interest in strengthening
and upgrading analyst capabilities. As a direct result of his interest
and leadership, a number of programs were instituted that today contribute
materially to improved analysis. Consultants external to the intelligence
process are now used quite deliberately to review the substance of
important work--to advise intelligence professionals about analytical
approaches and perspectives that warrant consideration. Internally,
a Senior Review Panel with members representing science and technology,
academic research, the foreign policy perspective, and the US military
perspective helps shape the conceptual frameworks of key analytical
efforts, and reviews work after it is completed to highlight analytical
problem areas for future reference. Substantially increased language
training for NFAC analysts and other CIA intelligence professionals has
been instituted, to compensate for the loss of native linguists over the
thirty-five years since World War II and for the tailing off of language
training in academia.
His concept o
high quality analysis, an o the skills an experiences needed by the
analysts who must produce it, have changed .NFAC's capabilities
in the short run. Their payoff in the longer term will be substantial.
7. Mr. Bowie also restructured the process of producing National
Intelligence Estimates, and introduced a more structured procedure for
planning which problems in international relations needed the most
attention by the analytical components of the National Foreign Assessment
Center and by those in the rest of the Intelligence Community. He
played a key role in the preparation of regular DCI briefings of the
President, and personally reviewed the many and varied intelligence
memoranda and reports written for the President, the Cabinet, and the
NSC on the most important foreign policy issues facing the Government.
8. In conclusion, the quality of Mr. Bowie's total service to the
Government is clearly reflected in the consistency with which his
counsel and leadership were sought. His role as leader of the National
Foreign Assessment Center is only the most recent example of his contri-
bution. It is characteristic of his career that he was turned to in
this last.assignment at a key point for US foreign policy and at a major
point of change for the Intelligence Community.
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Personnel Management Washington, D.C. 20415
February 12, 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Subject: President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian
Service
President Carter, on January 15 of this year, announced the selection
of six persons to receive the President's Award for Distinguished
Federal Civilian Service, the highest award that can be granted to
Federal civilian employees. The contributions of these individuals
to our Nation are briefly summarized in the attached White House news
release.
Nominations for 1979 Presidential awards are now being accepted. The
criteria and procedures for nominations are outlined in the attachment
to this memorandum. The quality
of nominations for last year's award was exceptional, with twenty-three
departments and agencies participating. Because of the importance of
this Presidential program and.the honor it conveys to the recipients,
their agencies and to the Government, I strongly urge each of you to
give personal attention to this awards program to 4ssure that all
deserving candidates within your organization are ul y considered.
Attachments
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OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
Bob:
Maurice C. Ernst was nominated
23 July 1930 by Mr. Bruce C.
Clarke., Jr., for the President's
Award-for Distinguished Federal
Civilian. Service. His selection
was approved by both the Honor
And Merit Awards Board and the
DDCI. x x'
Nominations will probably be
due in. early summer. As yet,
we don't have a definite deadline
from OPM, but in order to give
you sufficient time to prepare
the nominating package, we are
..requesting that you start now.
For your convenience I have
attached. last, year's nominating
package (which is expected to
remain the same) to help you
with the format. ' 1Ve will inform
you when we receive a firm dead-
line from OPM and will then
give you a due date.
If you have any questions,
please give me or my assistant,,
a call
your fi es,.-ast
year:~s nominees, Howard Stoertz
and Robert Bowie, were not ``-
selected for this award.
Attachments
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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
President's kiard for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
SUBJECT: (optional)
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building)
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RECEIVED I FORWARDED
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
to whom. Draw a line across column ataae each comment.)
We were advised by OPM -(March
1982) that they have temporarily
(since January 1981) suspended
consideration for this award.
They anticipate reopening con-
sideration in the near future.
Therefore, it will be necessary to
renominate those you have already
put in for the award if you wish.
,c. Ernst, and I I TAT
or nominate others during TAT
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