RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-01078R000100150003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: MEMO

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Memorandum For: Chairman, Policy Group, New Retirement Programs
From:
Subject:
Last friday's Policy Group Meeting proved very useful, not only for the
insights it gave me, a new arrival to the effort, but more importantly for the
update it enabled me to provide OF management on the status of the
implementing efforts for the "new retirement programs". What follows are
several key points which OF management surfaced in discussing the working
group paper which you handed out at Friday's meeting - all points basically
revolve around resources.
o There appears to be insufficient resources currently allocated to
the effort. This appears especially true for OIT resources. While
resources, dollars and positions, have been requested for FY 88,
resources appear critically needed now to identify requirements,
assess commercially available automated systems, and make
whatever shortterm changes to current automated systems are
needed if our goal is an effective and efficient January 87
implementation.
Since OP, OF and OIT are all currently suffering from an
insufficiency of staff systems analysts, a solution to the
current resource delemna lies in utilizing contracted resources
currently available to OIT and OF either through diversion from
other efforts or better yet through add-ons to these efforts.
The Price Waterhouse effort in support of the development of
new payrolling is a case in point.
o Current Working Croup proposals seemingly based on assumed
restricted resources are relying heavily if not
entirely on interim manual processing techniques as the
basis for January implementation. While personnel authorization
increases for OF and OP have been requested for FY 88 and the
Comptroller,iP requested, would probably allow hiring
against these authorizations now; given the near
insurmountable difficulties OF, OIT and OP have been experiencing
in getting staff employees on board, there seems little
likelihood that these resources would be available in adequate
numbers to meet the demands of the extensive manual processing
proposed for a January 1987 "full" implementation.
While OP and OIT may have some flexibility in diverting
resources from other functions, OF with a current personnel
shortage would find this nearly impossible.
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o Driven by shortterm resource assumptions the Working Group is
proposing that separate systems/processes currently available
ie., the PAYCIARDS system and the OP/RD process, serve as the
basis for the long term (18 month) implementation of the new
retirement responsibility. With the difficulties inherent in the
separateness of these systems/processes today, perpetuation, even
for a year and a half, runs contrary to current "corporate data
base" thinking as well as desires to bring the personnel
administration and payment processes more closely together.
The resource issues cited above are clearly linked to the ability of the
Agency to fully implement these new programs in January. In several areas
especially the payment of annuities, the Agency has the discretion of
continuing to rely on currently available OPM processes beyond the January 87
timeframe.
Resources, the discretion to defer - with its obvious "political"
implications, and the scarcity of timely information from OPM and the yet to
be formed Thirft Board/Administration, all are key issues which the Policy
Group must officially surface to Agency Management now. May we meet on this as
soon as possible?
~*e APPENDED BY : ION: August 7, 1986 AT: 9:22 AM ***
Note To: Linda, Carolyn, Stan
Ive appended a draft note re retirement "issues". Can I have your
reactions/suggestions please?
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