PROMOTIONS OF CS OFFICERS AND CAREER TRAINEES

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• Publication Date: December 7, 1969
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proposal for regularizing practice
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on promotions of CT's who are attached
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans
THROUGH : DDP/OP
SUBJECT : Promotions pf-CS Officers and Career Trainees
1. This memorandum submits recommendations for your approval.
2. The Chief, Career Tra}nee Program has requested that
promotions to GS-11 be processed now for 17 GS-10 Career Trainees who
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are attached to the CS but still members of the SJ Career Service.
will be noted on the attachment (Tab A), 16 of tre 17 entered on duty in
CT Program in June 1967 at grade GS-.09, were promoted to GS-10 seven
months later, and have served 11 months in GS-10.
3. According to the long established policy for advancement of
Junior Officers, minimum time in grade, guidelines prior to promotions
are as follows: V
GS-07 8 months
GS-08 10 months
GS-09 12 months
GS-10 12 months
4. Some of the CS components have questioned the efficacy of
processing the promotions to GS-1f of the CT's at this time in view of
the fact that a number of ex-CT's in GS-10 have served for considerably
longer periods of time in grade. and in,the CS, but have not been promoted
under' our existing promotion quotas. _ A listing of this group(Tab A),
reveals that their progression has been steady and generally in keeping
with the guidelines listed above. All but a very few have more time in
grade GS-10 than the 17 CT's being proposed for promotion.
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5. The next competitive review of GS-10 CS personnel is scheduled
to take place during March 1969. At that time each ex-CT in the CS will
be considered for advancement together with other GS-10 CS officers.
There is ample GS-11 headroom to cover promotions of all eligible GS-10
officers whose performance and potential merit advancement. A liberali-
zation of the quota for the March session will not adversely affect our
long range staffing plan. With lower input by the CT route during FY 70
and 71, we will probably need to use'only a minimum amount of our excess
GS-11 headroom during this period.
6. As pointed out by the CT Program, the 17 CT's have been led to
believe that they would receive two promotions in the Program. The timing
of the promotions so that this group would advance to GS-11 in March 1969
(rather than at this time) would mear} that they would have progressed from
GS-09 to GS-11 in 21 months. (Somewhat less time than the guideline provides).
It is recommended accordingly that:
a. The 17 CT promotions to GS.-11 be processed in March 1969 so that
this group would have the same date' of rank as CS officers promoted
to GS-11 competitively at this promotion consideration. Their per-
formance in the CS would, however, have to be certified as satisfactory,
b. Promotion Quotas to GS-11 for CS Officers be adjusted for the
March competitive review to permit Jhe advancement of GS-10 ex-CT's
and other officers whose performs rice and potential merit such action.
An increase of the quota from the planned 35 to about 50 is estimated
to be sufficient. Our current headroom at GS-11 is more than 100.
7. A somewhat similar situation exists in connection with 19 SJ, GS-09
CT's scheduled by the Chief, CT Program to be promoted to GS-10 during
December. This group has served an :average of seven months in GS-08
and since January 1968 in GS-09. At the same time there are 13 former CT's,
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now CS Officers, who have served 12 months to 26 months in GS-09
who will be considered competitively for promotion during the January 1969
promotion review. We recommend that the promotion of the 19 SJ, GS-09,
CT's be processed at the same time in January 1969 as the promotions of
the CS ex-CT's who are selected for advancement to GS-10. Current head-
room and promotion allowances are sufficient to accommodate the promotions.
Tab B is a listing of these groups of GS-09 Officers.
8. In connection with future promotion considerations for CT's, we
recommend that their promotions be timed so that their date of rank
corresponds to that of CS ex-CT's who are selected competitively for
promotion and who have completed the same minimum time in grade. This
means that promotions to GS-10 will be processed in January and July;
promotions to GS-11 in March and September. If the CT receives his first
promotion at 6-7 months after entering on duty, he will receive two promotions
within a period of from 18 to 2'months. Recruitment commitments should
take this range of time into account.- See memorandum concerning preliminary
discussion with Chief, CTP, attached a's Tab C.
9. It is recommended that agreement be obtained with the Career
Trainee Program in the promotion timing of CT's as outlined in paragraphs
6, 7 and 8 above.
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Attachments :
A. GS-10 CT's and ex-CT's.
B. GS-09 CT's and ex-CT's.
C. Memo for Record, dated
16 December 1968.
Chief,. Clandestine Services
Personnel Staff
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1. The undersigned discussed with C/CTP/OTR,
our proposal regarding the promotion' of SJ designees assigned to the
Clandestine Services. He stated that he previously had surfaced
various promotion problems relat .ng to' Career Trainees with Mr.
Bannerman. He hopes that Mr. Bannerman, in turn, will relay these
problems to the Executive Director-Comptroller for consideration with
a view to establishing an Agency-wide promotion policy on CT's.
2. tated that different CT promotion policies among the
various directorates is confusing to the CT's and creates morale problems
among them. He indicated that it could,, and in some cases does, influence
their preferences for assignment to one directorate as opposed to another.
Thus, he feels that an Agency-wide policy is not only desirable but necessary.
Furthermore, he stated that in the current era of reduced input and up-
graded qualifications which makes selection more difficult it was desirable
that OTR be able to articulate a unifqrm promotion policy in discussions
with applicants for the CT Program.
3. He recognizes that it may not be possible to obtain an Agency-wide
policy or that it may take a long time to achieve one. He recognizes our
problem but part of his problem is that the classes which started in July
and November 1968 and the CT applicants who will enter the March 1969
Class already have been told that they would receive their first promotion in
approximately seven months and their second promotion about ten months there-
afte r.
4. If we proceed with our proposal the promotion schedule for the three
classes mentioned above would work out-as follows:
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The Class which started in July 1968 will receive its first promotion
in January 1969. According to our,, semi-annual promotion schedule, they
could be considered for their second promotions as follows:
GS-09 - January 1970 - 12 months time in grade.
GS-10 - March 1970 - 14 months 'time in grade.
The Class which started'in November 1968 will receive its first
promotion in June 1970. Their second promotions could be considered
as follows:
GS-09 - July 1970 - 13 months time in grade.
GS-10 - September 1970 - 15' months time in grade.
The Class which starts in March 069 will receive its first promotion
in October 1969. Consideration for second promotion could be as follows:
GS-09' -. January 1971 - 15 months 'time in grade.
GS-10 - Either. September 1970'with 11 months time in grade or
March 1971 with 17 months time in grade.
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Promotion Policy for Career Trainees
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Jim: The attached documents
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