RESTRICTIVE USE OF PRIVATELY-OWNED VEHICLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000500090008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 23, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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23 November 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. James McDonald
Chairman, Agency Energy Committee
DDO Rep, Agency Energy Committee
SUBJECT: Restrictive Use of Privately-Owned Vehicles
1. This memo is in response to the "hand-out" at our 8 August
meeting regarding restricted use of privately-owned vehicles for
official business.
a. Question - At what level should approval be required?
Response - We feel that the present approving level in
the DDO is appropriate. In this Directorate,
use of POVs for official business is approved
by the Chiefs of Support, Branch Chiefs, or
higher.
b. Question - Should we reimburse for mileage over routes
with shuttle service?
Response - The general sentiment in the Directorate is
against restrictive use of POVs, even over
shuttle routes. The key question is, "Can
we equate the gasoline savings with the
additional manhours expended in taking the
shuttle or public transportation." Making a
round trip by shuttle between Headquarters and
one of the other Agency buildings normally will
add at least an hour to the trip over what it
would take to drive one's POV. We must keep in
mind that energy is not our only shortage -- we
also suffer from personnel shortages. Our
position, therefore, is that we should not
establish energy policies that tend to reduce
personnel efficiency and productivity levels.
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c. Question - Should the use of u-drive-it official
vehicles be encouraged?
Response - Our employees would like to see greater
use of "u-drive-it" official vehicles.
However, this hardly could be considered
energy-saving.
d. Question - To what extent should we resort to
regulatory issuance to enforce approved
policy?
Response - It is recognized that this may be a more
effective way of having our energy policies
enforced since voluntary compliance does
not work. However, the general feeling is
that energy-saving is such a fluid matter
that it may be more practical to have the
policies defined in a policy paper rather
than by regulation.
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