ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO FBN POSITIONS ON THE FBIS HONG KONG BUREAU STAFFING COMPLEMENT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-00733R000200230008-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 30, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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FBIS-1639/85
30 August 1985
MH,1ORANDUUI FOR: Chief, Position Management and Compensation
Division, OP/DDA
ATTENT ION :
T1-ROUC-i:
FO? 1:
Chief,, DS>a'T Branch, F 1CD
Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
STAT
Chief, Personnel and Training Branch, FBIS
SUBJECT: Establishment of Two FBN Positions on the FiIS Hong Kong
Bureau Staffing Complement
REFERENCE: FBIS Staffing Complement dtd 2 Aug 85
Hong Kong Bureau has received informal approval from Ops and the COM
for two new positions: An admin assistant and commo operator. The
increase is necessary to deal with increased Hong Kong workload (an 80
percent increase in publishable wordage since 1981 with no increase in
local or U.S. staff since early 1982). This increased workload has
impacted most heavily on an already'overworked communications section.
An administrative assistant (FBN) is needed to handle a variety of
administrative tasks now carried out by staff and nonstaff personnel and
to free them to devote needed time to dealing with the impact of expanded
operations. COM is unwilling to grant an increase in American editorial
staff positions.
1. Request Senior Commo Operator Position (FBN 6) to be slotted
against W853 position. Incumbent will be hired at FBN 4 level but will
be expected after several years' experience to work without direct
:supervision and to perform full range of teletypist duties'as well as to
participate in training and supervision of newly hired teletypists.
In this context, Chief, Hong Kong has also requested that the three
journeyman teletype positions (F13N-5/111:854) be slotted against M853 (the
FBN 6 teletype/commo operator position) since all incumbents, once they
have been in grade the requisite number of years, will be expected to
work without direct supervision and to participate in training of new
communications operators. This change will remove an inequity in which
all teletypists are expected to perform at the same level, but only some
hold FBN 6 positions.
2. Chief, Hong Kong also requests establishment of new position and
FBN position number for a bureau administrative assistant. tie requests
tnat the admin assistant be slotted against an Fi3N 7 position. The
incumbent in the position will be expected to audit bureau expenditures
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SUBJECT: Establishment of Two FBN Positions on the FBIS Hong Kong
Bureau Staffing Complement
and the budget; to prepare the final version of the monthly Financial
Status Report; to deal with and draft routine correspondence with the
consulate and local vendors; to maintain unclassified files and personnel
records; to conduct liaison with administrative counterparts in the
consulate, such as the G30, B&F and personnel; and to handle travel and
accommodations for Hong Kong's numerous visitors. Incumbent will
maintain bureau stock records and property inventory records as well as
act as bureau secretary and receptionist and will perform other
miscellaneous tasks as directed by the bureau chief. Incumbent will
report directly to the bureau chief and bureau deputy chief.
SUMMARY: Based on above, request authorization for new
communications operator position slotted against FBN 6 (senior communica-
tions operator, W853 position), authorization to slot the three current
journeyman teletype positions against the HK853 senior communications
operator position; and to slot the new administrative assistant position
against FBN 7 grade. We need a position number for the latter position.
Would appreciate priority treatment on the matter so Hong Kong Chief can
move quickly to fill position.
STAT
STAT
30 AUG 1965
Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service Date
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DDSF,T/FBIS/Pt;T1 I(26Aug8S)
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1 - JDC Corres.
1 - D/FBIS Chrono
1 - AS Chrono
1 - P4TB Chrono
1 - FBIS Registry
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