LETTER TO ANTHONY C. BEILENSON FROM JAMES H. TAYLOR

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• Publication Date: March 13, 1989
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The Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson
Chairman, Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
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Dear Mt. Chairman:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter that I sent to Representative William
Richardson. The letter addresses his concerns about the Agency's commitment
to Equal Employment Opportunity.
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/James H. Taylor
ExecutivedDlrector
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SUBJECT: Complaints on the Agency's EEO Effort
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Washington. D. C. 20505
The Honorable William Richardson
Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mt. Richardson:
13 March 1989
During the 7 March 1989 hearing on the Agency program and budget, you
expressed your displeasure about the progress the Agency has made in the
recruitment and hiring of minorities. Although we too are not satisfied with
our record and recognize the need for improvement, I believe we can point to
some areas in our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) effort where we have made
progress.
Our EEO program focuses on achieving a more diversified workforce on the
basis of sex, race, and ethnic background. We have made substantial progress
in recruiting, hiring, and advancing women. By the end of FY 1988, 31 percent
of our professional workforce was composed of women. Overall, .women now .
comprise 40.8 percent of our total workforce, only slightly under, the Civil
Service guidelines of 42.5 percent.
Improvements to our record in the recruitment and hiring of Hispanics,
Blacks and Asians have not been nearly as substantial. The lack of
improvement is not because we have failed to make the effort nor because we
lack the resolve. Indeed, our recruitment efforts have been intense, far
ranging and innovative, particularly during the past-year:. The- competition we
face from private industry for qualified minority professionals is high. Our
salaries are not competitive, and we still suffer from misconceptions about
the Agency and its role in US society among minority populations. As you -
know, we were recently forced off the campus at the University of New Mexico
in Albuquerque. While we appreciate your intervention on our behalf to permit
us to again recruit on the Albuquerque campus, the incident is re resentative
of some of the unique problems we face in recruiting minorities.
Still, we have made progress in hiring minorities, albeit small. During
the first quarter of FY 1989, over 15 percent of all professional hires were
minorities. The number of minority students enrolled in our Undergraduate
Scholars (Stokes) Program more than doubled last year, and we have already
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received more than 150 applications for the 1989 academic year. The Minority
Undergraduate Program, which provides summer work for minority students,
almost tripled the number of participating students in 1988,_WeLbe1ieve these
programs and others will pay handsomely in the future.
We have, in response to the Committee's request, developed a Five Year
Affirmative Action Plan. We have set goals with action deadlines in the areas
of greatest concern to you and to us--the recruitment, hiring, and promotion.
of minorities and women. I have every reason to believe that this plan will
show results during this fiscal year. Thus, I do not believe additional
legislation is needed nor would it be helpful.
In sum, we do not agree that the Agency lacks the resolve and commitment
to improve the racial and ethnic balance of our workforce. We would be
pleased to meet with you to discuss any aspect of our EEO program. ?The Agency
and the Committee share the same goal, and we would welcome any ideas or
assistance you can provide which would enhance our recruitment of minorities.
A copy of this letter has also been forwarded to the Chairman of the House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Executive Director
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