REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF CIARDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 29, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Executive Director
Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: Robert W. Magee
Director of Personnel
SUBJECT: Review of the Administration of CIARDS
1. Action Requested: That you transmit the annual report on the
administration of CIARDS to the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence.
2. Background: Since 1978, the Agency has, pursuant to a
requirement by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
submitted an annual report on the administration of CIARDS. The report
is due in December of each year. The previous reports were prepared
by who has prepared the report submitted herewith. (U)
. 3. Staff Position: In his letter of transmittal to you,
concludes that "the Agency continues to exercise its discretionary authority,
and to administer the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System, in a manner wholly consistent with the intent of Congress." I
believe you will be satisfied with his findings.
4. Recommendation: That you sign the attached letter transmitting
the annual report to the Chairman of the House Committee on Intelligence.
Ecaoi t V1. 3
Robert W. Magee
Attachments:
A. Transmittal letter to'Chairman, House Permanent Select
Committee, House of Representatives
B. Annual Review of Designation of Participants Under
Section 203 of the CIA Retirement Act
This memorandum may be dowvn-
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19 December 1983
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
This is the eighth in a series of annual reports prepared
to comply with a request made originally by the Armed Services
Committee of the House of Representatives. In 1976 that
Committee requested an analysis and an annual report of the
Agency's Administration of the Central Intelligence Agency
Retirement and Disability System. The reports are now submitted
to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence which
has an oversight responsibility with respect to the Agency.
The primary purpose of the annual study is to review the
manner in which the Agency exercises discretion given to the
Director of Central Intelligence by law to designate employees
for participation in CIARDS and to administer the system for a
limited number of Agency employees.
During the fiscal year that began 1 October 1982 and ended'
30 September 1983 there were no changes in the law, the regula-
tions, or the policies of the Agency that have immediate effect
on participation and retirement. The one legislative enactment
that will result in drastic changes in the future of CIARDS is
Public Law 98-21, entitled "Social Security Amendments of 1983."
This law mandates Social Security coverage for all employees
newly hired on or after 1 January 1984.
At the present time CIARDS is a viable tool of personnel
management that helps the Agency to carry out its essential
intelligence mission. It will not be easy to develope a system
that will supplement the basic retirement protections of Social
Security and still serve the objectives that CIARDS has fulfilled
since 1965.
During the past year the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment Board and the Director of Personnel have consistently
followed a policy of conservative application of very strict
criteria in approving service as qualifying and designating
employees for participation in CIARDS. Without deviation or
exception, discretion has been exercised under your delegated
authority in full compliance with the law, the regulations, and
Agency policies. _,
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William J. Casey, Director of Central Intelligence
19 December 1983
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It is my opinion that, for another year, administration
of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System, and the exercise of discretionary authority by the
Agency have been fully consistent with the intent of Congress.
This excellent record of'the Agency's administration of
CIARDS over the years is not something that just happened. It
is reflection of a deliberate policy, established and maintained
by a succession of Directors, that discretion to designate
employees and to approve service as qualifying be exercised
under strict interpretations of law and regulations. In a
larger sense, the record is atribute to the effectiveness of
the individuals who have carried out that policy, particularly
the Members and Staff of the CIA Retirement Board.
served the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement Board as its Chairman from July 1973 to August
of 1983. His strong leadership, his commitment to the Agency's
policy of strict interpretation and observance and his intelli-
gent guidance of the Board for the past decade have resulted in
a record of effective administration of CIARDS of which the
Agency can be justly proud.
retired in April of 1983 after
serving-as 1xecu ve Secretary of the Retirement Board for the
past sixteen years. Among his many attributes was a highly
developed ability to remember, by name and circumstance, most of
the difficult cases the Board has considered since CIARDS was
established.
It is trite to state that no individual is indispensable.
It is also fitting to recognize outstanding individual contribu-
tions toward the success of this important program.
THIS LETTER IS UNCLASSIFIED
WHEN ATTACHMENT IS REMOVED
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