PROPOSED REMARKS BY WILLIAM H. WEBSTER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE FEDERAL WOMEN'S PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AUGUST 23, 1988

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Proposed Remarks at the Federal Women's Program Advisory Council
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JUDGE:
RE: Your proposed remarks
at the Federal Women's
Program Advisory Council
Symposium
23 August 1988 9:00 a.m.
Headquarters Auditorium
12 August 1988
You are scheduled to give opening remarks at the second annual symposium
of the Federal Women's Program Advisory Council and to introduce the keynote
speaker, Ms. Maureen Bunyan, a local television journalist. You will be
introduced by Robert Fitzgerald, Director of Equal Employment Opportunity.
The symposium will address a broad range of issues related to the theme,
"New Rules and New Roles." Speakers include Agency and non-Agency
individuals. As with last year's event, the symposium will have a capacity
crowd of 500 attendees from throughout the Agency. To accommodate the excess
demand (about 500 individuals were turned away), symposium proceedings will be
piped into the cafeterias and the Agency's little theater. The entire
symposium also will be videotaped.
The remarks we have prepared discuss your desire to increase the number of
women managers in the Agency. You also discuss the work of the Federal
Women's Program, including its leading role in establishing an Agency day care
facility -- an important goal in promoting the welfare of Agency employees.
You then introduce Ms. Bunyan, giving a summary of her career and achievements.
Your proposed remarks, a biography of Ms. Bunyan, and the symposium agenda
are attached.
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PROPOSED REMARKS
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WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AT THE
FEDERAL WOMEN'S PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL
SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
AUGUST 23. 1988
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GOOD MORNING.
IN THIS SYMPOSIUM,
I AM DELIGHTED THAT YOU ASKED ME TO PARTICIPATE
AND I AM PLEASED TO SEE SUCH ENTHUSIASTIC
ATTENDANCE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES FOR GROWTH, ACHIEVEMENT, AND
ADVANCEMENT, AND I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WOMEN AT THE CIA.
WHEN I WAS DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, MY CHIEF TASK IN PROMOTING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN WAS TO RECRUIT MORE WOMEN AGENTS. IN 1978,
WHEN I TOOK OFFICE AS DIRECTOR, THE BUREAU HAD 94 WOMEN AGENTS.
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WHEN I LEFT OFFICE IN 1987, THERE WERE ALMG8T 800 WOMEN AGENTS.
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IS ALREADY ATTRACTING AND HIRING
WOMEN WITH HIGH-QUALITY CREDENTIALS. OUR CHALLENGE IS TO PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE WOMEN WHO WORK HERE NOW, SO
THAT THEY CAN ADVANCE IN THE AGENCY. ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS TO
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INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF
MANAGEMENT IN THE CIA, AND I WILL CONTINUE WORKING TO SEE THIS
HAPPEN.
WE HAVE MUCH TO GAIN -- IN GOVERNMENT AND IN INDUSTRY -- FROM A
GREATER PRESENCE OF WOMEN IN THE RANKS OF MANAGEMENT. I RECENTLY
SPOKE TO THE 1988 CLASS OF THE KELLOGG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. IT WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR ME, SINCE
A FAMILY FRIEND WAS IN THAT GRADUATING CLASS. YOU WILL NOT BE
SURPRISED WHEN I TELL YOU THAT, OF THE 70 MEMBERS IN THE CLASS -- A
CLASS THAT INCLUDED CORPORATE PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS -- SHE
WAS THE TOP STUDENT.
WOMEN AT THE CIA HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED IN THEIR CAREER
DEVELOPMENT BY THE FEDERAL WOMEN'S PROGRAM -- A VALUABLE SOURCE FOR
INFORMATION AND TRAINING. I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM'S
ROLE IN BRINGING PERTINENT ISSUES TO THE ATTENTION OF SENIOR AGENCY
MANAGEMENT -- ISSUES SUCH AS COMPARABLE PAY, PART-TIME JOBS AND
JOB-SHARING, AND FIELD ASSSIGNMENTS OF AGENCY COUPLES.
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THE FEDERAL WOMEN'S PROGRAM ALSO HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE
AGENCY'S EFFORTS TO BUILD A DAY CARE CENTER. CONSTRUCTION OF THE
HARRY FITZWATER CHILDREN'S CENTER WILL BEGIN THIS FALL, AND WE HOPE
TO OPEN THE CENTER BY FALL OF 1989.
RECOGNIZING THAT DAY CARE IS REALLY A FAMILY ISSUE AND ONE THAT
CONCERNS BOTH WOMEN AND MEN, I HAVE APPOINTED A SEPARATE PROGRAM
COORDINATOR FOR DAY CARE.
DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL
WOMEN'S PROGRAM, HAS DONE MUCH TO ESTABLISH OUR DAY CARE PROGRAM.
SHE WILL BECOME THE AGENCY'S FIRST DAY CARE COORDINATOR AND WILL
WORK TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE HEADQUARTERS CENTER, AS WELL AS
INVESTIGATE WAYS OF PROVIDING DAY CARE SERVICES AT OUTLYING AGENCY
FACILITIES.
? PROVIDING DAY CARE IS IMPORTANT IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF
AGENCY EMPLOYEES. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN
THIS AREA.
THERE ARE, OF COURSE, A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE WELFARE
OF AGENCY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION AND
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ADVANCEMENT. WE WILL BE CONSIDERING SOME OF THEM TODAY, HEARING
FROM INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CIA AS WELL AS GUEST SPEAKERS WHO CAN OFFER
INSIGHTS AND THE BENEFIT OF EXPERIENCE.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, MS. MAUREEN
BUNYAN -- A VETERAN WASHINGTON NEWSCASTER AND AN AWARD-WINNING
JOURNALIST. MS. BUNYAN HAS DONE MUCH TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF
WOMEN, BOTH ACTIVELY AND BY EXAMPLE.
MS. BUNYAN HAS BUILT HER JOURNALISTIC REPUTATION WITH THE
COMPLETE AND THOUGHTFUL REPORTING OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS. HER
SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA HAS LED TO MANY
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING AWARD-WINNING COVERAGE OF THE
PANAMA CANAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS, A NEWS SERIES ON SALVADORAN
REFUGEE CAMPS, AND PARTICIPATION IN A STATE DEPARTMENT LECTURE TOUR
AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES THROUGHOUT CHILE.
IN 1973, MS. BUNYAN CAME TO WASHINGTON AS A NEWSCASTER AND
REPORTER FOR CHANNEL 9, WUSA. TODAY, SHE IS COANCHOR OF CHANNEL 9'S
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"EYEWITNESS NEWS" AND IS THE PRODUCER AND HOST OF A WEEKLY NEWS
PROGRAM.
MS. BUNYAN HAS ACTIVELY FURTHERED THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN.
HONORED THREE TIMES BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON WORKING WOMEN, SHE
IS THE LEADER OF A GROUP TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONPROFESSIONAL
WORKING WOMEN. AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE OVERSEAS EDUCATION FUND,
MS. BUNYAN CHAIRED A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN. AND,
SHE WAS ONE OF TEN AMERICANS CHOSEN TO VISIT CENTRAL AMERICA AND
RECOMREND WAYS THAT WOMEN FROM THE UNITED STATES COULD AID THAT
REGION.
BORN IN ARUBA, MS. BUNYAN RECEIVED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN IN MILWAUKEE. SHE EARNED A MASTER'S
DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
MS. BUNYAN, I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL BENEFIT FROM WHAT YOU
WILL TELL US.
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Maureen Bunyan
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Co-Anchor
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6 pm Eyewitness News
"22:26"
Maureen Bunyan has been the co-anchor of Channel 9's top-rated
6 pm "Eyewitness News" since 1978. She joined the station in
September 1973 as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter
whose principle beats were education and the District government.
Most recently, concurrent with her co-anchoring duties, 'Bunyan
became Producer-Host for Channel 9's weekly issue-oriented _
program, "22:26." The program won an Emmy Award in May of 1987.
An award-winning journalist, Bunyan has built her reputation
on covering "hot spots" on foreign as well as domestic news fronts.
In August, Bunyan travelled to El Salvador to produce a series
on that country's refugee camps. She also visited Honduras
to film reports on that country's place in U.S./Central American
relations. In 1978 her coverage of the Panama Canal Treaty
negotiations won her the first of two American Association
of University Women Awards for International Reporting. Bunyan
received the second award for her 1979 news series and half-hour
special on U.S./Japanese trade relations, for which she conducted
the first interview ever given to an American reporter by
Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira.
Throughout her career, Bunyan has interviewed numerous world
leaders including Cuban President Fidel Castro and Zimbabwe
Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. During the Carter Administration,
Bunyan was asked by First Lady Rosalyn Carter to brief her on
Latin American and Caribbean affairs.
Born in Aruba, Netherland Antilles, Buny9n has an ongoing
interest in the economic, political and social issues affecting
Caribbean, Central and South American nations. During 1976
alone, she filed reports from Puerto Rico that provided in-depth
analyses of the statehood issue under consideration that election
year; covered the election in ;Jamaica, and participated in a
10 day, State Department lecture tour at universities and colleges
throughout Chile.
jBmong her civic affiliations, Bunyan serves on the boards of
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of the National Capital Area; Overseas Education
Fund; the National Commission on Working Women; the Journalism
Advisory Committee of American University, School of Communications.
Bunyan did her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee. She earned a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard
University.
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Prior to joining Channel 9, Bunyan was a reporter for New York
City's WCBS-TV. A reporter for Boston's WGBH-TV from 1970
to 1972, Bunyan began her reporting career as a summer intern
with the Milwaukee Journal in 1969. The following summer she
completed the Summer Program for Minorities in Journalism at
the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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AGENDA AND RESERVATION FORM
FEDERAL WOMEN'S PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL SYMPOSIUM
23 August 1988
9:00 a.m. Introduction
Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker
"Wom'en at Work"
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. "The Challenge to Become"
11:00 a.m. "Legal Issues for Women"
11:45 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
Robert E. Fitzgerald
Director of Equal Employment
Opportunity
William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
Maureen Bunyan
WUSA, Channel 9 News Anchorwoman
DeputyChief,
Career Management Staff, Directorate
of Operations
Lunch on the Lawn (Optional)
Movie (Optional)
"What Every Woman Knows"
Impersonations of Women in
History
Legislative Director,
Federally Employed Women
(A tent will be provided.)
"Women--Myth and Reality"
Historical Interpreter
2:00 p.m. "Taming the Gentle
Warrior"
3:00 p.m. "It's Your Future"
3:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
Psychologist
Ph.D., Clinical
Helene Boatner, Director of
Leadership Analysis, Directorate of
Intelligence
Manager
Federal Women's Program
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