PROS AND CONS OF OTE BEING LOCATED IN THE NEW BUILDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-00428R000200030011-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 19, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
VIA: Director of Logistics
FROM:
Director of Training and Education
SUBJECT: Pros and Cons of OTE Being Located in the
New Building
1. Pursuant to your request made at the recent DDA Office
Directors' meeting, I have listed below some pros and cons related
to moving the Office of Training and Education (OTE) from the
Chamber of Commerce Building to the proposed new Headquarters
Building. As will be .noted, there are compelling arguments on both
sides. On balance, I come down in favor of OTE remaining in the
Chamber of Commerce Building primarily because our experience and that
of other training establishments both in and out of the Government
demonstrates clearly that student commitment to training activities
is clearly enhanced by having those activities conducted at facilities
sufficiently removed from the student's normal working place to dis-
courage the student's continuing involvement in normal working activities.
2. As we see it, the pros and cons of note in this matter are:
(1) Very considerable savings would be realized
through giving up the Chamber of Commerce Building and
thus eliminating the obligation of the lease costs and
the heavy costs related to logistical support for an
"out building."
(2) The relocation of OTE would result in obvious
convenience for CIA students and the many CIA guest speakers
involved in our activities.
(3) The move would facilitate OTE coordination of
its activities with other Agency components and would aid
in the further integration of OTE into the mainstream of
the Agency.
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(4) It is our opinion that a majority of OTE
employees would prefer from a social point of view
to work on the Headquarters compound.
(1) The location of OTE on the Headquarters
compound would result in a lessened commitment by
students to the training activities.
(2) The Chamber of Commerce Building is a
well-maintained facility with adequate office space
and relatively attractive, windowed classroom space.
Additionally, we estimate that if OTE was assigned
all of the space available to the Agency in the
Chamber of Commerce Building, this-would meet all
of our anticipated future space requirements.
(3) A great deal of money has been--and is
being--spent on configuring the Building to the technical
and human needs required by our training activities. A
move to the new building would be a case of us leaving
a facility just at the point where we have finally gotten
it to the state desired.
(4) The Chamber of Commerce is well located in
terms of POV accessibility and is ideally located a.s
regards public transportation. Access to downtown
Washington, Crystal City, and the Pentagon is quick and
easy via the Metro. Such easy access takes on increasing
importance as we anticipate even more involvement with
other agencies of the Intelligence Community, academic
institutions in the Washington area, and private vendors.
(5) Parking facilities at the Chamber of Commerce
Building, while far from ideal, are adequate.
(6) If history is an indicator, not all of those
Agency components for whom space in the new building i.s
being planned will actually be able to move by the time
the building is completed. It can be anticipated that
inflation, unanticipated requirements and the like will
have the same influence on occupancy as was the case with
the present Headquarters Building.
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3. If any major Agency component has to stay out of the new
building, the Office of Training and Education is probably a most
logical candidate.
4. Should you decide to keep OTE in the Chamber of Commerce
Building, we will want to meet with the Building Planning Staff
to identify our need for some classroom/conference space in the new
building. This space would supplement or replace Room 1A07, provide
language training space, and provide for other Headquarters Building
training requirements.
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D/OTE (190ct83)
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1 - D/OL
1 - D/OTE Chrono
1 - C/AD via EXO
1 - OTE Registry
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