YOUR MONTHLY MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES STOKES AND HYDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G01353R000300340002-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 28, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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OCA 88-0918
2 8 MAR 198
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director
The Deputy Director
FROM: John L. Helgerson
Director of Congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: Your Monthly p~eeting with Representatives
Stokes and Hyde ,
1. On Wednesday, 30 March at 0800 you are scheduled to
have your regular monthly meeting with Representatives Stokes
and Hyde.
2. I suggest you may wish to discuss the following
subjects, for which talking points are attached:
-- Stokes Trip to China and Korea
-- Status of Oversight Legislation:
? Counterterrorism Legislation
? Intelligence Oversight Legislation
-- Spousal Leave Proposal
3. You may wish to discuss your new Counterintelligence
Center that has just been established and also offer to come
before the full Committee as you did with the Senate
Intelligence Committee on the 29th to testify on counter-
intelligence initiatives and security matters.
ILLEGIB
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4. The following are for your background, if raised by
Chairman Stokes:
5. In concluding, you may wish to note that you are
looking-forward to your breakfast meeting with Aouse
Intelligence Committee Members at~Headquarters on Thursday,
21 April.
John L. Helgerson
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Intelligence Oversight Legislation
I appreciate the cooperation we are receiving in resolving
several concerns we have the Intelligence Oversight Act. I am
particularly pleased that the Intelligence Community and the
Committee appear to be close on agreeing to a definition of the
term "special activities" which will preserve the status quo as
to what intelligence activities require a Finding. I hope that
we can resolve all outstanding issues, other than the 48 hour
notification requirement, prior to markup of the bill by the
Committee.
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SPOUSAL LEAVE PROPOSAL
We have not been able to resolve an Agency proposal
regarding spousal leave with the House Intelligence Committee,
and a word from the DCI to Chairman Stokes might help.
This proposal, as submitted to the Chairman for his views
on 11 March, seeks to make a modest change in our personnel
management policies. The change involves instituting a spousal
leave sharing program under which Agency employed couples would
be permitted to donate sick or annual leave to one another
during the first six months after the birth of a child or the
adoption of an infant child. The Chairman has yet to respond,
but indications are that the staff would prefer that the Agency
wait until National Academy of Public Administrators (NAPA)
studies and reports on this proposal.
There are several reasons why the Agency thinks the
proposal is timely and appropriate:
-- The number of women employed has increased
significantly in the last 10 years causing an increased
demand for maternity leave.
-- 11$ of Agency employees are now married to other Agency
employees. The number is expected to rise because working
conditions and security restrictions create the conditions
and incentives for Agency people to seek the company of one
another and to marry.
Current Agency leave policies lack the flexibility
needed to retain the most needed spouse after the birth of
a child. For example, a couple may find it necessary to
stay at home with a newborn child for 15 weeks. If the
wife uses all available leave and the family cannot afford
the loss of the wife's income, the husband may find it
necessary to stay at home. The husband may be in a time-
sensitive job, whereas the wife may not be. The couple may
prefer the wife to stay home and so would the Agency, but
current policy would not allow that choice. If the husband
could transfer leave, both the Agency's and couple's needs
are met.
During the discussion there are some key points to be made:
-- This modest change involves no additional costs.
-- The proposed action is a two-year experiment
designed to deal with a very real human and management
problem. A careful evaluation will be done, and the
results shared with the Committee.
-- The action is not intended to alter overall
compensation or benefits, nor to prejudice the outcome
of the NAPA study. Discussions with a NAPA study
member suggest that they see the proposal as a minor
change and one which does not merit study.
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