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COST REDUCTION AND EFFICIECY
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP87-01146R000200030011-6
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
C
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 21, 2006
Sequence Number:
11
Case Number:
Publication Date:
June 2, 1981
Content Type:
MF
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2 June 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Comptroller
Director of Central Intelligence
Cost Reduction and Efficiency-
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1. I have raised the question, but perhaps not;- rgently-or=forcefully
enough, as to what this organization, is doing-ta-=put: a_--sharper focus :on cost
reduction and overall efficiency.' I sat at a Cabin~etiog-today and
realized that the rest of the Government is working=hard=at-t is-and-thus
far it is my impression that there is too much -thi-nkin* -here-that -we. are
immune from this requirement; The Trans portation-lepartment ,as a small
committee, called CAPE, for cost reduction and efficiency -and I*am getting
their_ma Prial to see what ideas they have developed which we7cou1d pick up
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William J. Casey
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3. At the Cabinet meeting this morning, attention was directed to-
reverse the bureaucratic syndrome where the more you spend,-the larger you
get, the more important you are. This would mean-that if the reduction-in
the costs of getting things done were not pressing enough, the better chance
you would have of getting additional resources needed-to tackle new tasks
and problems.
2. Every Department of the Government has an Inspector General who
is in charge of specifically looking for cost savings,-waste and fraud.-
I am impressed with the work our Inspector General is.doing.i'n questioning
and making recommendations on operations. I would-Tik-e to see -whether a
4. Another thing to be examined is whether=cost saving is sufficiently
recognized in making awards. I haKe asked for a review of publications and,
as far as I know, have not gotten a'response. I would like you to-get together
and give me a report on what has been done in this direction and-a set of.
comprehensive recommendations on what we should be initiating now.
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