AN ACTION AGENDA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G01359R000300030010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 10, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: An Action Agenda
There is a tendency in the latter half of the second term of any
President for government organizations to coast, having run out of ideas,
initiatives and energy. This obviously cannot be allowed at CIA. I want
to leave this place in the strongest possible shape for the next
President who likely will face even greater challenges than Ronald
Reagan. This means we cannot afford to rest on our laurels and
complacently be content with what we have accomplished in the past
several years.
Each of us holds these senior positions for a relatively short period
of time and I believe it is important that we use that time not only to
manage the organization effectively but to devise and implement measures
that will strengthen and improve our work over the longer term.
Accordingly, I would like for you personally to prepare for me and
the DDCI your appraisal of areas in your organization where longer range
improvements and strengthening still are needed and the measures you plan
to accomplish such improvements or changes. I am interested not just in
organizational changes, but also efforts to change attitudes and ways of
doing business both within your organization and between it and other
parts of CIA and the government.
While day-to-day management is important, efforts to bring about
longer range strengthening of the organization are equally so. I am
concerned that we not become focused on the day-to-day problems to the
exclusion of broader and longer range needs. I would like to have this
memo from you by June 20th.
William J. Casey
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