PHASE IV LONG-RANGE PLAN ACTION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000901250021-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: January 22, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Career Management Officer, . DDA
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Deputy Director for Administration i'jj
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SUBJECT: Phase IV Long-Range Plan Action Items
1. As a result of the recent exercise in long-range planning
for the EXCOM, a number of themes were identified which require
further action. The items generally concern improving the
management of support services and need research, coordination, and
study. To accomplish this, it is requested that you conduct a
thorough review of the subjects listed in the attachment and submit
a detailed report on your findings. Your efforts should result in a
thoughtful exploration of the topics which, from a Directorate
viewpoint, considers the organizational implications as well as the
potential for improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and
timeliness of our support to the Agency's mission. Your review
should also identify those sections of requlations that are thought
to be unnecessarily cumbersome. A mutually acceptable date for the
completion of these reports should be coordinated with the DDA Plans
Officer.
Harry E. Fitzwater
cc: SSA/DDA
DDA/MS I(19Jan83)
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1. ADD A SUPPORT TRAINING MODULE TO THE CAREER TRAINEE
COURSE.: In conjunction with the Office of Training and Education
and the Office of Personnel, you should explore and report on the
need for and the feasibility of adding a segment to the Career
Trainee Program which would provide intensive support-related
training to those new employees who have a high potential, not only
for rapid career advancement, but also for overseas assignment.
This course would be to give a professional introduction and
familiarization with the full range of all DDA functions and
procedures to our new high-potential employees who will be entering
the Directorate through the Career Trainee Program.
2. DEVELOP A DDA CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: With the Office
of Training and Education, you should review and report on the need
for and feasiblilty of establishing a training course for the DDA
similar to that of the DDS&T Career Development Course at the GS-12
to 14 level. This would be separate and distinct from the above
requested study as this course will be primarily for officers who
have been on board for awhile and will assume some knowledge of DDA
mission and functions.
3. DEVELOP A PROCEDURE AND POLICY FOR INTER- AND INTRA-
DIRECTORATE ROTATIONAL TOURS AT THE GS-7 to 11 LEVEL: The obvious
purpose of these tours would be to provide an awareness of and
appreciation of the mission and functions which are performed in
those components which the DDA serves. It should also broaden the
employee's knowledge of the interfaces his career service has with
the rest of the Directorate and the Agency. Ideally, after an
initial period of familiarization and training of one to two years
in the career service headquarters, a high potential employee could
be competitively selected for assignment to another office either
within the Directorate or in another Directorate. However, it is
imperative that the employee be given substantive work experiences
in the career field' and not simply undergo orientation and
training. When the employee is reassigned to the career service at
the GS-11 or 12 level he will have a much broader experience and
greater productivity.
4. DETERMINE A METHOD OF UTILIZING EMPLOYEES AWAITING
CLEARANCES: Although this idea has been tried in the past and
dropped for a variety of reasons, it has enough merit that I would
like you to review and report on the potential use we could make of
employees while awaiting clearances. For example, they could do
work on the unclassified FBIS daily report.
5 EVALUATE AND REPORT ON THE USE OF PPM: This report should
give a review of our present utilization of the PMI program: its
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overall value to the Directorate; suggestions for better utilization
at the Office level; and explore ways we can get more use from this
program.
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