COST REDUCTION AND EFFICIENCY (CORE) RECOMMENDATIONS (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 4, 1981
• Content Type: MF

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4 December 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Committee Members
VIA: Maurice Lipton
Chairman, Agency CORE Group
Willian N. Hart
Chairman, DDA CORE Group
SUBJECT: Cost Reduction and Efficiency (CORE)
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1. The final recommendations of the Agency CORE Group will
be the subject of discussion at the Executive Committee (EXCOM)
meeting scheduled for 1000 hours, 14 December 1981, and this
memorandum summarizes the items to be discussed. (U)
2. The Agency CORE Group was established by the DCI in
June following a Cabinet meeting on the same subject. The CORE
Group was tasked by the DCI to focus its efforts on the following
criteria:
0 Functions requiring capital investment in order to
increase efficiency and provide for future reductions in
operating costs.
o Functions which can be reduced or eliminated.-
0 Functions where realignment may increase effectiveness.
0 Functions where there is duplicative effort among
organizations and where there is potential for savings
as a result of consolidation.
Of all items considered by the CORE Group, nine were selected for
presentation to the Executive Committee, and these are tabulated
in the attachment. The attachment lists savings, possible costs
or penalties, the Agency CO RE Group's recom mendati.ons, and
actions requested of the Executive Committee. Provided below is
additional background material on each of the nine items keyed to
the tabulation of the attachment:
1. Acceleration of Secure Voice Prccyr.am - It has been the
objective of recent DCI's to provide secure telephone
service to each officer Of this Agan.cy. This h.s been
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is still incomplete in the Headquarters Building, the
Key Building, the National Photographic Interpretation
Center, and several other major Agency buildings. This
program can be accelerated by approximately two years
resulting in significant cost savings but to do so will
require the provision of significant capital now rather
than in subsequent fiscal years as presently programmed.
2. Shift from External to Internal TEMPEST Testing - At
present, rilE4 EST testing is p3rLor.led by contract under
the direction of the Office of Communications (OC).
However, there are OC TE"SPEST testing laboratories
located at thel which can,
with additiona manning, meet this need with a
significant reduction in annual costs.
3. New Printing Equipment - As in the case of the secure
voice program, funds have been programmed in the
outyears for the acquisition of the new capital printing
equipment which will generate significant annual savings
and result in a reduction in manning levels within the
Printing and Photography Division, Office of Logistics (OL).
If these capital funds can be provided now rather than
later, it will be possible to achieve these cost savings
at an earlier date and free up slots to be used
elsewhere within the Agency.
4. Consolidation of Micrographics - A number of studies in
recent years, most recently in May of this year, have
recommended the consolidation of micrographics
facilities in the Agency in order to effect significant
dollar savings and personnel reductions. Such
consolidations have been opposed by the Information
Management Staff (IMS), DDO, and the Office of Central
Reference, NFAC, who are concerned about the loss of
control of their micrographic assets and, in the case of
IMS, concern about inadequate compartmentation.
5. Consolidation of Genigraphics and Dicomedia - These two
systems, which are used by the Office of Current
Operations (OCO), NFAC, and the Printing and Photography
Division, OL, respectively, provide computer generated
35 mm slides and viewgraphs. The OCO Genigraphics
system, while the more sophisticated of the two, is
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generally unavailable for use by other than the DCI or
NFAC. The thought is that consolidation of the two
systems will make the best attributes of both systems
available to the Agency as a whole.
6. Increased Use of the Suggestion Awards Program - The
suggestion awards program is one of the most cost
effective in the Agency, and it is believed that program
savings can be easily doubled with only a small
additional input of capital.
7. Increased Use of Sea Shipments - During the last year
there has been a dramatic increase in the use of air
rather than sea transportation for the movement of
materiel abroad at the same time that the cost of air
transportation has incrased dramatically relative to sea
transportation. For this reason, significant savings
can be achieved if Agency components are forced to use
more sea shipments, but the price of doing so will be a
serious impairment of our ability to respond to
operational requirements.
8. "Blue Blazer" Protective Force - Recently, as the
General Services Administration (GSA) has undergone
budget and personnel cuts which make it more difficult
to provide Federal Protective Officers (FPO's) to the
Agency, the Office of Security initiated a program of
using "Blue Blazers" (contract personnel so called
because of their distinctive blue blazers) along with
FPO's at a considerable reduction in the price of
providing such service. At the time CORE first met, the
program had not been implemented, but the Office of
Security has since instituted the program in both the
with great success but at the
cost of some critically needed slots.
9. Adopt Commuted Rate Travel for Domestic and Overseas
TDY's - Commuted rate travel, i.e., payment of a
predetermined amount to cover all normal travel and
transportation entitlements, has been used since 1965
for foreign PCS travel. It has not been used for TDY
travel because of the complexities involved in such
travel and the need for flexibility. However, it is
believed that the 1982 Intelligence Authorization Bill
will permit the application of commuted travel to
domestic 1.f f_u rther study sho?:rs it
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3. If you require any additional information on these
items prior to the meeting, please contact me on extension
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1. Acceleration of SecureCToice Program *
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. Shift from External TEMPEST Testing to Internal Testing
. Genigraphics in the Printing and Photography Division
8.. Increased Use of Suggestion Awards
9. Increased Sea Shipments-
12. Adopt Commuted Rate Travel Throughout Domestic and
Overseas TDY
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**
100 percent vote against
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