LETTER TO LOUIS STOKES FROM WILLIAM H. WEBSTER

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• Publication Date: July 31, 1987
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3 1 JUL 1987 oca 87-2716
The Honorable Louis Stokes, Chairman
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Thank you for your letter of 5 June 1987 expressing your
concern about the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA's)
replacement of General Services Administration (GSA) Federal
Protective Officers (FPOs) with special CIA security officers.
I have reviewed the recent correspondence on this subject
sent to you by then-Acting Director Gates. While I believe the
Agency is making a good effort at this time to improve the
hiring of former FPOs, I share your concern that this matter
needs continuing attention. I assure you that I will monitor
our progress, and I will take the occasion of our regular
meetings to give you periodic updates.
With respect to your question about the pay offered to the
FPOs, as we have explained to your staff, prior to October 1985
Security Protective Officers' (SPOs') starting salaries were
determined by what was asked for by the applicant and the
applicant's credentials. We learned that other services, like
the Secret Service Uniformed Division and the Capitol Hill
Police, had set uniform entry salary levels which served them
well. Therefore, we set a uniform maximum entry level of GS-06,
Step 1, effective in October 1985. All SPOs hired between
October 1985 and April 1987 when the pay cap was modified were
hired at' the GS-06, Step 1 level ($16,521 per annum). Since
April 1987, all SPO applicants have been hired at the GS-06,
Step 8 level ($20,378 per annum), negotiable to GS-08, Step 10
level ($26,435 per annum) for certain supervisory personnel. We
are confident this pay scale is competitive with other local
D.C. police organizations.
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While uniform entry-level pay was fair in the sense that it
was uniformly applied, the fact of the matter is that our
starting salary of GS-06, Step 1, represented a pay cut for most
FPOs who, although they were GS-04s and GS-05s, were at step
levels which afforded them higher pay. Although we were able to
attract many qualified recruits, they came mainly from outside
the D.C. area; the thought of a pay cut was surely a
disincentive to many PPOs. We believe this explains in part why
only a small number of PPOs applied to become SPOs.
In addition, as you know, our staffs met on 12 June for a
thorough discussion of the matter. Our officers explained the
actions we are taking to encourage former FPOs to apply for our
SPO positions. This includes letters written to =former FPOs
to inform them about the SPO positions and to invite them to STAT
apply.
On 20 June the Agency held an open house at the Headquarters
auditorium to meet with FPOs explain our program and to solicit
their applications. of our former FPOs responded es and
attended that open house. We have already received
applications from former FPOs as a result of these initiatives.
All applications from former FPOs will be given preferential
treatment. Of course, we will continue to keep your staff
informed of our progress.
I look forward to hearing your views on improving the CIA's
minority hiring performance. I hope we can work together to
ensure a successful program.
Sincerely yours,
l 1 Ik'ilil m H. Webster
William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
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Honorable Robert M. Gates
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RECPT II
The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1985 contained a
provision authorizing the appointment of special CIA policemen to protect
Agency personnel and property. Iq its report accompanying the House version
of the Fiscal Year 1985 bill, the Committee stated, with respect to the
special police authority, that it "expects the CIA to grant preferences in
hiring for the planned CIA physicaL secpri ,,personnel positions to qualified
individuals who currently serve in FPO assignmAnts at the CIA."
Please provide the Committee with a statistical analysis that shows:
- how many FPO policemen were assigned for duty at CIA on May 10, 1984,
the date the House report was filed, including how many of such number
wereeitf?as'
- how many FPO policemen applied for special CIA police positions
including how many of this number were minorities; and
- how many FPO policemen have been hired by the Agency as of the date of
this letter, including how many of that number are minorities.
In addition, please provide the Committee with a description of how the
Agency went about giving preference to those FPO policemen formerly assigned
at CIA who applied for employment as special CIA policemen, as well as any
efforts the Agency may have made to inform these FPO policemen of job
opportunities and possible hiring preference at CIA.
Please provide this information to the Committee by May 18, 1987.
U)U IS STOKES
Chairman
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June 5, 1987
Honorable William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Judge Webster:
You and I have discussed the issue of minority hiring several times in
your previous position as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
I was impressed by your interest in this matter and by your efforts to
improve the minority hiring practices at the FBI.
Although I did not mention this issue at our meeting the other morning,
there is something that I want to bring to your attention.
In 1984, the CIA asked the Committee for legislative authorization to hire
special CIA policemen to replace GSA Federal Protective Officers assigned to
protect CIA property and personnel. GSA was unable over a several year period
to provide sufficient numbers of personnel to fill the number of guards STAT
required by the CIA.
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The FY 1985 Intelligence Authorization Act provided the requested STAT
legislative authority. The report accompanying that bill stated that the
Committee expected the CIA to grant preference to the GSA people then assigned
to CIA in hiring for the new CIA protective force. STAT
On May 10, 1984 when the House report was issued, there were= FPOs STAT
assigned to CIA, of whom =were minorities. This Committee in May of this
year asked CIA how many of the = had been hired by the CIA and how many were
minorities. The CIA answer stated that only of the = had been hired,
of whom= =were minorities. STAT
Apparently the briefing that CIA gave the GSA personnel about the changes
that were coming indicated that they would have to take a substantial cut in
pay if they applied for and were accepted into the new CIA protective
service. Naturally, most of them preferred to stay with GSA and to take other
assignments.
That contrasts with the way the National Security Agency handled a similar
transition. NSA offered an increase in pay for GSA personnel who were willing
to switch to the new NSA protective force and 383 of the 387 GSA personnel
assigned to NSA joined their new force.
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Knowing of your interest in minority hiring, I wanted to call this to your
attention. I look forward to working with you on this and other matters in
your new position as Director of Oentral Intelligence.
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2 2 MAY 1987
OCA 87-2216
The Honorable Louis Stokes, Chairman
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
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This is in response to your letter of 6 May 1967 concerning
General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Protective
Officers (FPOs) and the CIA's Security Protective Service
(SPS). Let me begin by answering briefly the specific
questions contained in your letter:
? As of 10 May 1964, 0 FPOs, = of whom were
minorities, were assigned to the Agency.
? To date, U FPOs,~ of whoa, are minorities, have
applied for SPS positions.
,%& vi c nay 17c r, Lne r,oency nay nl ea ~~ FPO-,
of whom are minorities. other FPOs,
of whorr are minorities, are in process for employment.
In addition, you might be interested in our experiences
with this progran to date:
At the start of the SPS recruitment program, we
notified all FPOs assigned to CIF facilities that we
were retruitino for the SPS. They were afforded
special briefings or, the program. in the CIA.
auditorium. We provided incentives in the fora of a
waiver of Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
(FLETC) traininc if the individual had Federal
Protective Service (FPS) refresher training within the
past five years. We also waived for FPOs the minimum
Agency qualifying score on our standard
clerical/technica-1 employee aptitude test (SET).
of the former FPC-s now in the SPS ranks
were hired during this initial period, prior to
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October 1965. Ally received starting pay
comparable to that which they had been receiving in
the FPS.
0 Very early in the SPS prograr we learned that GSA,
which was operating at about 65 percent of its FPC
strength, would not be able to replace FPOs in CIA
buildings who left their service to join the SP-E. Due
to the fact that the Special Protective Officers
(SPOs) could be assigned only to certain facilities at
that time, we were left with an unfillable vacancy
each time an FPO departed from a facility which could
not be covered by the SPS. By agreement with GSA,
Agency managers refrained fror active recruiting of
FPOs at that time. We did not decline to accept
applications frog FPcs, but the only preferential
treatment afforded FPOs between October 1965 and
November 1966 was the waiver of FLETC training and SE7
scores.
? Prior to October. 1985, SPO starting salaries were
determined by what was asked for by the applicant and
the applicant's credentials. We learned that other
services, such as the Secret Service Uniformed
Division and the Capitol Fill Police, had set uniform
entry salary levels which served them well.
Therefore, we set a uniforr raxir.ur, entry level of
GS-06, Step 1, effective in October 1965. All SPCs
hired between October 1985 and April 1967 were at the
GS-06, Step 1 level.
While uniforr, entry-level Fa., was fair in the sense
that it was uniformly applied, the fact of.the matter
is that or starting salary of GS-OE, Step 1,
represented a pay cut for most FP;--e who, although they
were GS-04s and GS-05s, were at step levels which
afforded then higher pay. The thought of a pay cut
was surely a disincentive to many FPDs. After our
initial efforts to recruit SPOs from the local areas
had failed to produce a sufficient number of
applicants, we began to recruit more widely throughout
the Continental U.S.
In November 19EE, we reached agreement on completinc be
FPD/SPS transition with the FPS and obtained its agreement to
resume active recruitment of FPD Y.? subsequently ?sent about
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of recruitment brochures. We are giving all FPO applications
priority handling. In addition, in April 1987, we raised the
entry-level SPS salary to a negotiable range from $20,378 to
$26,435, depending on qualifications, to be more competitive
with local police organizations. We hope these steps will
increase our success in hiring FPOs for the SPS.
The bottom line is that we have not been successful in
recruiting a significant number of FPOs for the SPS thus far.
Although there are many reasons for this situation, as
described earlier, one principal reason is that we were simply
not active enough in recruiting FPOs from the start. I assure
you that since last November we have worked to correct this
deficiency and will redouble our efforts to ensure that the
PPOs assigned to CIA receive the hiring preference which
Congress expects.
Sincerely,
1s1 Robert M. Rates
Robert M. Gates
Acting Director of Central Intelligence
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