SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AWARDS PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP95-00535R000300130012-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 21, 1980
• Content Type: MEMO

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21 April 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Small Business Administration Awards Program
1. The undersigned contacted Frances Mendez, head of
the SES and Merit Pay Programs at the Small Business
Administration, to secure clarifying information regarding
the Mike Causey article of .17 April 1980 regarding their
SES awards program. (See copy of article attached.)
*2. Of the 53 SES officers eligible for performance
awards, SO% could receive awards or, in other words, 27
of their SES officers. Mrs. Mendez confirmed ?that 15 SES
officers actually received performance awards. The Adminis-
trator at SBA does not apportion award target allocations
to sub-organizational elements. The award recommendations
are ultimately submitted to their Executive Resources Board
(ERB) for review, ranking and recommendation to the Admin-
istrator. SBA has four performance appraisal levels--
unsatisfactory (four SES officers received unsatisfactory),
satisfactory (eleven SES officers received a satisfactory
rating and were not eligible for award consideration),
fully satisfactory and highly satisfactory (the remaining
38 SES officers were included in these two categories).
3. The ERB divided all SES officers into four quartiles.
Highly satisfactory were further subdivided into two award
range categories--11-15% and 16-20% of base pay and fully
satisfactory was in the 7-10% award range. Awards are ?
based solely on performance appraisal, however, individual
work objectives include management type objectives that
relate to organizational effectiveness. The highest level
performance award recommended by the ERB was $11,800.
4. The SBA Administrator cut recommended awards by SO%
since this awards cycle represents six months of SES opera-
tion 'The GS increase will probably not exceed S%, and
SBA has had a significant budget cut for small business loans.
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SUBJECT: Small Business Administration Awards Program
5. Mrs. Mendez advised that SBA had submitted their
rank stipend recommendations to OPM before the 15 April.
1980 deadline. :The OPM procedure will be to send investigators
to SBA to review the recommendations, talk to supervisors,
peers and candidates in order to make final rank stipend
recommendations.
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