OIA COMMENTS ON DRAFT OMS CIRCULAR CONCERNING PARKING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060044-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: April 26, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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26 April 1979
Chief/NFAC Admin Staff
SUBJECT . OIA Comments on Draft 0MB Circular Concerning Parking
1. Following are comments most frequently voiced within OIA in response
to subject circular:
A. If any employees should pay for parking, then all employees
should pay. Rates should be equalized on the basis of average cost at the
various agency-occupied facilities in the Headquarters area. A sufficient
number of free parking spaces must be set aside for visitors so that em-
ployees would pay only for their regular parking spaces on days when they
are required to visit other government facilities.
B. Suitable alternatives to driving to the office should be
available before any parking fees are instituted. This pertains to public
mass transportation in general, and specifically to an ex anded Agency-
operated shuttle service to include service between II and Headquarters-25X1
The shuttle service between Headquarters and Rosslyn is apparently very suc-
cessful in keeping down congestion in Rosslyn and in saving fuel With more
than 50% of OIA personnel living nearer to Headquarters than to a 25X1
similar arrangement would have similar advantages. For those who must drive
their own vehicles to the office under current circumstances,'an expanded
Agency-operated motor pool fleet of sub-compact vehicles must be provided
before they can be expected to form car pools. This point is also discussed
in "c" immediately below.
G. Car pools are not always in the best interest of the Agency.
A significant number of supervisors drive to the office alone because they
are frequently involved in office activities far beyond the regularly
.scheduled workday. This is particularly true of upper management. One's
own car must be readily available in order to carry on the normal flow of
business between the various Agency-occupied buildings in the area and within
the Intelligence Community at large. These people will continue to drive
alone, but at a cost. Or, they will form car pools and no longer be avail-
able for meetings on short notice and after-hours. The only equity for these
people would be to provide an expanded fleet of official vehicles that would
readily respond to their needs for official transportation.
D. The ceiling on federal wages has already cost the government
in terms of lost talent to higher bidders. Having to pay for parking will
add another cost to working for the federal government and might increase
the "brain drain."
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SUBJECT: OIA Comments on.Draft OMB Circular Concerning Parking
E. Charging a fee for parking will merely serve to appease those
who have this as objective in equalizing the benefits afforded to government
workers vs. their counterparts in private industry. It will do little to
save fuel. Those who drive alone in their own cars will continue to do so
since, for the most part, these are the people who can best afford to pay.
Charging conventional rates won't deter them.
F. Finally, there is strong sentiment that the exercise of offering
comments is a waste of time because the Administration doesn't really care
what government workers think of the proposal. This frustration with the
system is the most disturbing revelation of our informal survey of opinion..
2. It is important to keep the objectives of the proposed parking fee
in perspective. The goal is to save energy through reduced fuel consumption.
Reduced highway congestion will be a pleasant side-effect. Equalization of
federal employee benefits with the benefits of private industry is not a
goal of the Administration. If this were an objective, we would have to
consider free parking in the context of a discussion of federal wage ceilings
and limited cost of living adjustments.
3. It is hoped that the above comments are helpful in the development
of an NFAC position on the 0MB proposal.
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Chief, Administrative,Staff
Office of Imagery Analysis
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