REQUEST FOR DELEGATION OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OPERATING AUTHORITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2009
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• Publication Date: May 22, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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2 2 MAY 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: James H. McDonald
Director of Logistics
SUBJECT: Request for Delegation of General Services
Administration Operating Authority
1. Attached is a letter to the Administrator, General Serv-
ices Administration (GSA) (Attachment A) and two draft delegations
of authority (Attachment B). The letter, prepared for the signa-
ture of the Director of Central Intelligence, requests that GSA
delegate to this Agency the authority to lease space and contract
for the operation and maintenance of buildings occupied by the
Agency.
2. The leasing delegation would simply remove the 5,000
square foot limitation on the authority presently delegated to the-
Agency. This ceiling is arbitrary, and while we have no present
requiremmcnts impacted by this limitation, its removal would provide
needed flexibility and authority to respond to future requirements.
3. The second delegation would allow us to irnediately con-
tract for certain services presently provided by GSA on a reimburs-
able basis. It would also allow us to contract for those services
which GSA is supposed to provide under the Standard Level User
Charge (SLUC) but, for budgetary or other reasons, is unable to
provide. However, Agency funds are not presently budgeted for
this purpose. This delegation establishes the framework within
which the Agency and GSA will examine the totality of SLUC-financed
support. The object of this analysis is to develop a systematic
program leading to the delegation of certain of those functions to
the Agency and to also make available an appropriate level of fund-
ing to carry out these tasks.
4. From the Agency's point of view, there appear to be no
legal impediments to implementation of these delegations. 1:'hile
we are not aware of any specific legal limitations to GSA's ability
to execute the delegations as we have requested, there may be some
problems with the SLUC aspects of the delegations. Implicit in
our assumption of SLUC-related functions is the transfer to the
Agency of an appropriate level of SLUC-financed funding. This may
cause GSA some problems, but we would anticipate resolving those
issues as a part of the analysis process.
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.,uBJECT: Request for Delegation of General Services
Administration Operating Authority
5. It is recommended that the Director of Central Intelligence
sign the attached letter to the Administrator, GSA, requesting-that
GSA delegate both leasing and limited contracting authority to this
Agency.
/s/ Janes H. McDonald
James H. McDonald
Attachments:
A. Letter to the Administrator (GSA)
B. Draft Delegations of Authority
Distribution:
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The Honorable Gerald P. Carmen
Administrator
General Services Administration
Washington, D.C. 20407
Dear Jerry:
For a number of years, this Agency has worked closely
with the General Services Administration (GSA) to improve
the services and responsiveness of GSA in supporting the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). These efforts have had
mixed results. A dialogue was initiated to improve this
situation and resulted in the suggestion that GSA delegate
more authority to CIA in the leasing, operation, and mainte-
nance of both Government-owned and -leased buildings occupied
by the Agency.
We were extremely pleased that Admiral Freeman and
Mr. Ray Kline engaged the National Academy of Public Admin-
istration (NAPA) to evaluate GSA's role within the total
framework of the Federal Government. We have read their
report with interest and are appreciative of the fact GSA
authorized the study and subsequently shared the results in
an effort to improve government efficiency and your agency's
responsiveness.
As a customer agency, we were approached by NAPA for
our views as to GSA's role and responsiveness. This Agency
prepared such a report for NAPA and also provided a copy of
our study to Mr. Ray Kline by memorandum dated 3 November
1980. An additional copy is enclosed for your convenience.
Our report proposed that specific authorities be dele-
gated to the CIA. As the NAPA report now recommends that
GSA delegate to program agencies the authority to perform
their own administrative services under Office of Manage-
ment and Budget policies and GSA rules, the purpose of this
letter is to request that the authorities identified in our
report (summarized in the executive summary) now-be dele-
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STAT
STAT
The Honorable Gerald P. Carmen
With the exception ofl our interest is
to continue to initially depend on GSA for the majority of
our support. The delegations will enable the Agency to use
internal resources to meet the support requirements of time-
critical missions or of unusually complex or atypical support
requirements where internal processing is both more efficient
and responsive.
There are enclosed with this letter two proposed dele-
gations of authority. It is believed the suggested wording
of these delegations accurately reflects the thrust of the
NAPA study recommendations and our mutual desire to improve
GSA support to this Agency. Again, this Agency commends GSA
for undertaking this important study.
Distribution:
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Originating Office:
/z/ James H. McD'=,nald
erector of Logistics
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Sincerely,
/s /
William J. Casey
22 MAY 1981
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