STATUS OF NAPA PROJECT AND ADOPTION OF PROVISIONS OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT (CSRA)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-01114R000300090047-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 47
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~IEr13RIINDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Director of Personnel
SUBJECT: Status of NAPA Project and Adoption of Provisions
of Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA)
1. In accordance with your request of 9 July 1979, the following
is a sum. ary of actions taken on the Subject projects:
a. NAPA Project
(1) Project Staffing
(a) One officer has been assigned to the Office of
Personnel (OP) from each of the Directorates and the Office
Training. The last officer to be assigned arrived in OP
on 9 July 19 79 .
(b) Interruptions have been experienced due to assignees
breaking loose from past job requirements and previous leave
arrangements. Some delay was expected as personnel strive
to become better acquainted with NAPA's report.
(2) Operating Plan/Tasking
(a) Individual NAPA recornnendations to be studied are
assigned to Project croup members by the Project Coordinator.
(b) Recommendations are researched, studied and
position papers containing recommended options are prepared.
Evaluations are made by OP prior to final recommendations.
(c) Estimated time frames and milestones for each item
studied will be developed for project management.
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(3) Current Actions
(a) The Project Group is studying principles and
concepts of an integrated personnel system. From this,
other parts of the system that resulted in NAPA recommenda-
tions will evolve; i.e., vacancy notice system, uniform
panels, etc.
(b) Retention/elimination of "E" career service is
being studied, as is the Director, Equal Employment
Opportunity's response to you concerning professionals,
technical and clerical labels.
(c) OP is involved with DDA, D/EEO and OGC in
studying the uniform guidelines directives.
(d) OP and the IG are studying recruitment processing.
(1) Senior Executive Service
(a) Two OP personnel and one member of the Comptroller's
Staff are working this project.
STATINTL (b) Leader of the Group, Mr. is retiring
on 13 July 1979 but has agreed to return on contract. status
to complete the project after taking leave.
(c) Framework of the system is well along including a
management plan. Subsystems, such as persons to be involved,
performance evaluations, executive development (also a part of
NAPA recommendations) and pay scales and funding, are under
study. A preliminary paper should be available for OP
evaluations in approximately two weeks.
(d) Development of the system is somewhat frustrated by
the unfavorable action of Congress on the expected SES pay
raises.
2. You will be kept advised.
Harry E. Fitzwater
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