AGENCY COST REDUCTION AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-01146R000200030007-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: 'Deputy Director for Administration
-Director, National Foreign Assessment Center
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science & Technology
Comptroller
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Agency Cost Reduction and Efficiency Committee
1. This memorandum establishes an Agency Cost'Reduction and
Efficiency (CORE) Committee. The Committee will be composed of the;
Associate Deputy Directors of each of the directorates and will be,,
chaired by the Comptroller.
2. The Agency CORE Committee is tasked with conducting a cost
reduction and efficiency review of Agency functions and discrete
activities and with presenting a series of recommendations for EXCOM
consideration. The Committee will concentrate on areas where capital
investment is needed for efficiencies to be realized, where activities
which are currently being performed no longer have sufficient
relevancy..to be continued, where the current level of support to an
.activity can be reduced without significant impact, or where
realignment or consolidation may result in savings or increased
efficiency.
3. To facilitate this activity, each directorate will establish
its own mechanism for conducting an internal cost reduction and
efficiency review. Directorate internal review reports will be?
forwarded to the Agency CORE Committee within the next 60 days. The
Agency CORE Committee will then consider each directorate submission,
and within 150 days prepare a consolidated list of recommendations for
the Executive Committee. The Agency CORE Committee will develop a
detailed timetable for comple-tion of this charter within the next 30
days, and will provide me and the DDCI with interim reporting during
the entire activity.
4. By establishing the Agency CORE Committee, I believe that we
are reaffirming this Agency's commitment to place a sharper focus on
cost savings and overall administrative and operational efficiency. A
detailed charter for the Agency CORE Committee is/attached.
As Stated
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Distribution:
1 - Each addressee (w/att.)
1 - DCI (w/att.)
1 - DDCI (w/att.)
1 - D/Executive staff (w/att.)
- IG w/att.)
1 - ER w/att.)
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Central-Intelligence Agency
Charter
Cost Reduction and Efficiency (CORE) Committee
1. Purpose This charter establishes the Agency Committee
on Cost Reduction and Efficiency.
2. Composition The CORE Committee shall be composed of
the following members:
(1) Mr. Maurice Lipton, Comptroller, Chairman;
(2) Mr. William N. Hart, Associate Deputy
Director for Administration;
(3) Mr. R. Evan Hineman, Deputy Director,
National Foreign Assessment Center;
(4) Mr. John H. Stein, Associate Deputy
Director for Operations;
(5) Mr. James H. Taylor, Associate Deputy
Director for Science and Technology.
3. Policy and Program Direction The Agency CORE Committee is
established to review Agency functions in light of potential
actions which may be taken to effect cost reductions or to
increase efficiency.
Specifically, the CORE Committee shall focus its efforts on
functions meeting at least one of the following criteria:
-- functions requiring capital investment in order
to increase efficiency and provide for future
reductions in operating costs;
functions which can be reduced or eliminated;
-- functions where realignment may increase effectiveness;
-- functions where there is duplicative effort among
organizations and there is potential for savings as
a result of consolidation.
The goal of the CORE program is to reaffirm our commitment
to satisfying the needs of our consumers through efficient usage
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of our resources. Suggestions to this effect shall be considered
and recognized accordingly.
4. Functions of the CORE Committee The Committee is responsible
for three products:
-- a detailed timetable for implementation due within
the next 30 days;
-- a periodic interim reporting mechanism; and
-- a final report containing recommendations for
consideration by the Executive Committee due
within the next 210 days.
Each directorate is responsible for establishing a mechanism
for performing an internal cost reduction and efficiency review.
Within the next 60 days, each directorate will forward the
CORE Committee a list of discrete activities where cost
reduction or efficiency measures can be taken. Where applicable,
activities will be delineated with both position and dollar
resources currently being expended. The CORE Committee will
then examine each activity for the efficiency with which it is
performed and the relevancy which it presents to the Agency
intelligence mission. The CORE Committee shall assume
responsibility for sponsoring suggestions on activities which
cross directorate boundaries.
Within 150 days after receipt of directorate reviews, the
CORE Committee will forward to the DCI and DDCI a list of
recommendations for consideration by the Executive Committee.
Cost savings which are realized by this process shall be
selectively applied to necessary capital investments or other
programs which possess high potential for future efficiencies.
Operating officials and program managers shall be prepared to
implement approved CORE recommendations.
5. Responsibility The Committee shall report to the DCI and DDCI
on Committee activities..
The Chairman shall, in consultation with Committee
n4rbers, establish operating procedures for the Committee,
schedule meetings and coordinate the agenda for Committee
activities.
The Chairman shall represent the DCI Area and
shall be responsible for performing an internal review
for that area.
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