PRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 22 DECEMBER - 28 DECEMBER 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-00352R000100120046-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: December 28, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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STAT
PRINTNG AND PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION
WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING
22 December - 28 December 1983
I. Items or Events of Major Interest that Have Occurred
During the Preceding Week
A. Joint Publication Research Service (JPRS): As of
19 December, all printing requirements for JPRS have been
transferred to OL/P&PD. During the next two weeks, operations at
JPRS will be phased out and it is anticipated that the final
transfer of remaining personnel, equipment, and supplies will be
made by 9 January 1984.
B. Quality Circles:
1 O T 22 December, P&PD representatives met
STAT with Psychological Services Division, OMS
regarding a Qua ity ircle Assessment Survey directed toward
the Agency environment. It is planned that this survey will
be administered to the P&PD population approximately mid-
February 1984.
STAT
2. I P&PD QC Consultant, has been given
the go-ahead to proceed with plans for a P&PD plant wide
assessment survey on 30 January 1984. This will be the
follow up instrument to the initial 1982 survey, which
established the attitudinal database as part of the QC pilot
program.
C. Waste Paper Removal Proposals: OL/P&PD is in receipt of,
or is expecting, proposals from three vendors involved in
installation of systems utilizing forced air for removal of scrap
paper from printing and binding operations. An air conveying and
baling system offers three advantages over the present method of
scrap disposal. The present system requires that eight to ten
hampers be used for overnight storage of waste. These take up
valuable dock space and are not sufficient for expected growth.
Also, baled material reduces the potential for paper litter, both
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inside and outside the plant. Finally, baled material, because
of bulk and handling benefits, provides a higher scrap pay back
to the Government.
II. Significant Events Anticipated During the Coming Week
A-C/P&PD/OL
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