SUGGESTED SUBJECTS FOR DDA ADDRESS AT OIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R001101440066-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: April 22, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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SUGGESTED SUBJECTS FOR DDA ADDRESS
AT OIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
1. Would you give us some general comments about the "Health of the
Directorate." Do we have sufficiency in resources--funds, positions?
2. In the coming year, will the budget allocations to the
Directorate of Administration enable us to provide adequate support to
other Directorates whose growth is projected upward?
3. What does the DDA consider to be the principal problems facing
Agency executive-level managers (Office Director level and above) today?
4. What is the status and timetable for the new building? Apart
from the realities of lack of space in the Headquarters Building, how do
you (the DDA) view the impact, if any, on the proposed move of OGC, OIG,
OEA, and OS out of Headquarters on the effectiveness of Agency operations?
5. How does the DDA view the overall effectiveness of the Agency
today vis-a-vis five years ago; ten years ago; upon what do you base
these observations?
6. Do you envision automation as a key element in records
management in the future? Do you envision ODP being able to provide the
necessary support to achieve this?
7. Would you give us your thoughts on the merits and effectiveness
of the DDA providing centralized computer support to the Agency versus
the development of distributed systems throughout the Agency in all
Directorates.
8. There will be a strong need during the coming years to provide
technical training to non-technical personnel because of the permeating
effects of sophisticated computer information systems. Would you care to
comment on that in light of the problems that OTE already has?
9. How does the DDA Career Management Staff operate and what
support does it provide to the components?
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10. What is the status of the changing retirement laws--CIARDS and
Civil Service? What do you feel the impact will be on the Agency and
especially the DDA?
11. Do you anticipate relief from FOIA, or, at least, for certain
sensitive records systems? When?
12. Have you noticed any significant increase in requirements for
DDA personnel to serve overseas? Should the DDA presence be
13. As a former Director of Personnel, where do you think the Office
of Personnel functions more effectively in the Agency--under the DDA or
within the jurisdiction of the DCI?
14. Are there any serious health or safety problems in the Agency?
(Bird droppings, low-level radiation, etc.)
15. The National Academy of Public Administration, in its March 1979
report on the CIA Personnel System, discussed the emphasis placed by
career services on the value of breadth of experience. The conclusion
was that the CIA system apparently does not reward breadth of experience.
(page 83)
Question: Has there been a change in the Agency's policy
with regard to the value of experience--and, if so, how has it
changed?
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