FOLLOW-UP ON DCI'S SPEECH ON EXCELLENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00885R000100070023-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: March 30, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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IEbRANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FR(N: Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Follow-up on DCI's Speech on Excellence
DDA 84-0217/49
30 March 1984
REFERENCE: Memorandum for Multiple Addressees from DDCI, dtd 16 Mar 84,
Same Subject (DDA 84-0217/37; ER 84-1193/1)'
The following is a status report on the Director's 16 March speech and
your memorandum of the same date concerning follow-up items suggested by the
interdirectorate task force. The report pertains to items which have
particular applicability to the Directorate of Administration (DA). Since
you tasked both the Deputy Director for Administration and the Director of
Personnel with a follow-up response, I am attaching the Director of Personnel's
comments separately.
spec ial Provide resources at the Directorate level for task forces on
_ pro lems:
a. The Directorate has established a development complement of ten
positions to be used for assigning career trainees
assignments and, where necessary, during their interim
to temporarily assign
in training or who are between assi other personnel
gnments.
b, We have established the Directorate of Administration Advisory
Committee composed of the DA Deputy Office Directors who meet regularly
to recommend courses of action in the pursuit of excellence and to reduce
bureaucracy within the DA, hopefully with attendant cost savings.
c. I have retained under my immediate control some FY-84 funds which
will permit me to provide mone
wh
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augmentation to re needed for unfunded items or
year. existing programs where I see the need later in the fiscal
2. Eliminate property requisitioning authority:
In accordance with your oral approval, we do not intend to implement
the elimination of MPA/ppA. We have, however, raised the imprest funds
level to reduce the paperwork in the Office of Logistics (OL). This has
been done by the ADDA's memorandum to the
raises the imprest funds level from $300 to$1.0000oIandBpersonal0appealcf1
items from $50 to $100.
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3. Institute Directorate career da :
Plans are underway for a DA career day to be held in the fall,.of
1984. It will be open to all Agency employees.
4. Administrative procedures for external training:
a. Remind training officers that..
(1) Unnecessary paperwork is being required at the component
level.
(2) The Office of Training and Education (OTE) needs only
the signature of the Training Officer (or designee) and one
approving officer except for costs exceeding $3,000 which requires
Senior Training Officer approval.
(31 Training requests with short registration deadlines can,
consistent with cover concerns, be approved by telephone--papen%ork
to follow.
~4) Components can witness training agreements when required,
OTE need not be involved.
b. Financial processing requirements are under review between OTE
and the Office of Finance.
c. OTE is looking into the possibility. of "satellite registration"
centers to assist employees working in outlying buildings.
d. A review of cover processing requirements has been initiated with
the Central Cover Staff, W.
S. Directorate Trends and Highlights Course:
We have advised each Senior Training Officer of our willingness to
help with.course planning and development. Specifics are to be discussed
at a Senior Training Officers meeting scheduled for 11 April 1984.
6. Develop a checklist for orienting new employees:
Basic introduction for new employees will also be discussed at the
11 April Senior Training Officers meeting. We need to determine whether
new employee courses are the best vehicle for meeting the DCI's goal or
whether work ethics and cultural issues might best be handled at the
Directorate or component level.
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7. Relax Security Restrictions on family visitiation days:
A memorandum is being prepared relaxing family visitations to vault
areas on family days as long as no family visitors are exposed to
classified data or displays.
8. Temporary clearances to spouses for briefings and trainin
overseas departure g prior to
The Office of Security makes arrangements for temporary clearances
for spouses for courses such as Operations Orientation for Spouses, Overseas
Orientation, Counterterrorist Tactics Course, and language training.
9. Health Fairs:
The Office of Medical Services (061S) has appointed a committee to
plan and conduct health.fairs to begin later in the spring of 1984.
10. Health Newsletter:
A quarterly classified OMS newsletter is being prepared for publication
later this spring. Each issue will address subjects relating to overseas
assignments, fitness, travel, environmental safety, and general medicine.
11?. Physical Fitness Facility:
O'is is making alterations in the existing physical fitness room in the
Headquarters building. They are working also with OL in the installation of
a physical fitness room (5,000 square feet) in the new Headquarters building.
12. Use of Automatic Information Management (AIM) electronic mail stem:
The Office of Data Processing plans to aggressively market the use of
AIM throughout the Agency. We have contacted all ADP Control Officers to
encourage them to use AIM, and the majority of our communications with these
officers occurs via AIM. Also, we are Working with the Position Management
and Compensation Division, OP, to help them use AIM as a tool for reviewing
position descriptions during audits.
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Attachment
Harry E. Fitzwater
EO/DD:~ (30
Mar 84)
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