CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION OF LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS

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• Publication Date: July 23, 1981
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary
Language Development Committee
STAT FROM
Deputy Director of Personnel for
Policy, Analysis and Evaluation
SUBJECT : Classification and Compensation of Language Specialists
REFERENCE : Memorandum from the DDCI (ER 81-917/1) dtd 30 June 1981,
Same Subject
1. The Office of Personnel is proposing the following actions so as
to implement the DDCI approval of a "one-time pay adjustment of a one-step
increase for those Language Specialists presently receiving awards" (i.e.,
STAT Language Use Awards-LUAs).
a. Employees in the following occupational categories were
determined by the Task Force on Language Specialists as being Language
Specialists hired primarily for their language skills. If the LUA is
being paid to these employees for the language for which they were hired
or a mutually intelligible language, it will be discontinued.
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0132.62 Intelligence Officer - Foreign Documents
0195.01 Scientific Linguist
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1045.01 Translator
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1045.02 Broadcast Monitor - Multilingual (to be cal
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Media Analyst, henceforth)
1045.04 Transcriber
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1045.06 Translator - Supervisor
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1712.90 Instructor - Foreign Language
b.
As the DDCI signed his approval on 30 June 1981, no additional
LUAs (in the language or mutually intelligible language for which they were
hired) will be authorized Language Specialists after that date. Those being
paid a LUA as of 30 June 1981 will receive the pay adjustment.
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c. The LUA will be discontinued at the end of a pay period
and the pay adjustment will he made at the beginning of the next pay
period; thus, the same date. As there is only a manual record (within OTE)
of the approximately 290 Language Specialists receiving LUAs, the effective
date of the actions will have to be delayed until OTE has time to prepare
the listing (which they have done) and the components have the opportunity to
verify the lists. The effective date will be the pay period nearest the end
of the fiscal year (i.e., 3 October 1981).
d. The operating components will verify the OTE-produced listing
certifying which Language Specialists overseas and at Headquarters are receiving
the LUA for the language (or mutually intelligible language) for which they were
hired. OP will provide a computer listing of all employees in the oc ational
categories listed in paragraph la to assist in this determination.
e. The certification by the components will drive the preparation
of a Form 4120 to terminate the LUA for employees identified in paragraph Id
above and the preparation of a 1150 (Personnel Action) to effect the pay
adjustment for these same employees. The pay adjustment will not affect the
employees eligibility date for the next longevity increase.
f. It is the Director of Personnel's understanding that the DDCI's
decision does not affect the payment of language awards to Language Specialists
other than for the language or mutually intelligible language for which they
were hired. Thus, a Language Specialist hired for Polish ability who acquires
g. Those recently hired or in-process Language Specialists who are
not yet eligible for a LUA can be certified by the employing component for the
pay adjustment if the LUA was promised as part of a recruitment inducement. 0
h. OP will remind components that in-step hiring is available for
use in attracting Language Specialists in the hard to find languages. 0
i. We have again reviewed all possible means to have an automatic
salary increase for the ten employees presently receiving a LUA but who are
at the tenth step of their GS grade. Unfortunately, we can find no means by
which this can be accomplished. Any addition to base compensation would
exceed the maximum range of the salary scale for that grade as authorized
by Congress. OP suggests that the components be encouraged to use the Agency
achievement and special accomplishment ograms to reward these Language
Specialists when it is appropriate. 2. I
suggest a. Language Development Committee meeting be scheduled to
discuss the above actions prior to OP notifying the components of the
procedures to follow in terminating the LUA for Language Specialists and
granting the pay adjustment. I will be available for a meeting following
my return from annual leave on 10 August 1981. 0
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A Language Development Committee
meeting to discuss the actions described
in the attached memorandum has been
scheduled for 12 August 1981 at
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 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Personnel
FROM : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : Follow-up on 6 May Executive Committee Session?
Classification and Compensation of Language Specialists
REFERENCE : Memorandum from OPPPM (OPPPM 81-1685), dated 31 March 1981,
same subject
1. After additional thought, I agree that we should reserve the
Language Incentive Program (LIP) awards for those people who acquire
and/or maintain language skills in addition to their primary and/or
other responsibilities. I therefore concur with Harry Fitzwater's
suggestion in the referenced memorandum that language specialists
should no longer be eligible for LIP awards for fluency in the language
or mutually intelligible languages. for which they were hired. To ease
the transition to this policy, I also approve the suggested one-time
pay adjustment of a one-step increase for those language specialists
presently receiving awards.
2. This decision in no way lessens the importance I place on
language skills for the Agency. When appropriate, I would encourage
managers to reward language specialists for exceptional performance
through Q.S.I.s or other Agency achievement award programs.
STAT
R. INMAN
Admiral, U.S. Navy
cc: Executive Committee Members
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