INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HONOR AND MERIT AWARD PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01082A000700270001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 29, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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IC-74-0880
29 October 1974
SUBJECT Intelligence Community Honor and Merit
Award Program
1. On the surface I see no objection to and some validity
in the creation of an awards program for employees of the intelli-
gence community. ' I believe that the CIA awards mechanism does
provide, through interpretation, for this need, but its very sparing
and high level use outside the Agency presents difficulties in
accomplishing the desired purpose of broader application.
2. Obviously there is merit to a community awards program
to be operated under the authority of the DCI as community leader.
Such a program should be structured as a supplement to the
Service and Defense military awards systems (CIA, DIA, NSA, etc.)
and any other established Government award system (Civil Service,
etc.). The definitions for eligibility and consideration should be
such that candidates generally fall outside the criteria for awards
from the other established systems, or where performance is so
exemplary that recognition from more than one source is in order.
3. To accomplish the structure and definitions for such a
system, in addition to operating the system on behalf of the DCI
(as community leader), requires a broad community view and should
not be the task of one agency. In other words, if it is to be done,
it should be an IC Staff design and function -- not by CIA. CIA
or others could be asked to assist in the design, but the review of
candidates and recommendations to the DCI should be a function of
the IC Staff or of a Review Board with community-wide participation.
There specifically is no need (and it would be an error) to process
such recommendations through the CIA Honor and Merit Award's
Board.
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