HIRING CAPABILITY OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000300090051-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: March 16, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT Hiring Capability of the Intelligence
Community Staff and the Central
Intelligence Agency
1 . I recent days you have asked that we take action
to em lov 25X1
We have started e appropri-
ate courses of action on ese cases. On the assumption
that you may have a desire in the short-term to employ some
additional individuals, particularly at the high end of the
salary range, I believe it would be a service to you if I
described in general terms our current hiring capability.
This includes both the total number of individuals we are
authorized to have on duty and, more specifically, those at
the higher salaries. The facts pertaining to the Agency and
the Intelligence Community Staff (IC Staff) are somewhat
different and I will treat them separately.
the
2. With reference
facts are as follows.
to
the Central Intelligence Agency,
While our FY-77 personnel ceiling
had
been author' y
it has now been reestablished
25X1
temporarily at is is because the Presidential
Directive of 1 March 1977 directing a partial freeze on hiring,
established as the new authorized ceiling the number of
employees on duty that day. We were 78 under strength as an
agency on 1 March. The Presidential"Directive, incidentally,
states that the Office of Management and Budget plans to work
out with all agencies new permanent ceilings for FY-77 and
FY-78 sometime in April 1977.
3. The impact of the edict to hire against only. 75
of vacancies occurring after 1 March in this Agency is as
follows. On experience factors we project attrition for
both March and April at the total of 80. At this time
commitments exist to 52 applicants to call them to duty in
25X1
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March. Our plans are less firm should the freeze continue
through April, but preliminary planning indicates we would
like to call to duty 20 clerical employees and 40 profes-
sionals and technicians. We would give preference to those
who have committed entrance-on-duty dates in April, to
minorities, and to those already cleared but on '?rhom an
entrance-on-duty date has not been established. This plan,
however, can obviously be adjusted to meet any goal you
would like to establish.
4. The facts on the higher paid positions are as
follows. The Agency is authorized 25X1
Positionsi nd e total number is
currently on duty. e Agency is authorized, by agreements
worked out with the Director of Central Intelligence and the
Office of Management and Budget,~supergrade positions 25X1
(GS-16, GS.-T7, and GS-18). There as been, incidentally,
some interest expressed by both the Office of Management and
Budget and the House Appropriations Committee to reduce this
total number. As of this time, we have 25X1
serving at the supergrade level. Further in this connection,
we run a semi-annual promotion review to the supergrade level.
Submissions for promotion to supergrade are due to be
submitted to our Director of Personnel by 1 April.
5. As it pertains to the Intelligence Community Staff,
furnished me the following information. They have
su er rade positions of which there are 25X1
Although the 25X1
have been approve by he DCI and OMB,
they have been sized against an anticipated T/0 II which, 25X1
as you know, is the subject of consideration by ongress in
our supplemental reclama. Further, in light of the fact that
.the approved T/O by Congress for the IC Staff is 25X1
on board, there is a moratorium cn further hiring to the Staff
until the supplemental is resolved,
6. Assuming favorable consideration by Congress of our
request, the IC Staff would have, in addition to the 0 25X1
vacant supergrades, vacant GS-15`s and vacant GS-13, 25X1
and two military positions of MAR-06 and MAR If we look
to military rotations during this calendar year, a GS-15
position and an MAF-06 position will open up in July.
Additionally, we have an MAR-06 for which a replacement has
been selected.
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In Sum:
25X1
Again, all the above are dependent upon favorable supplemental
request. Further, it should be noted that military personnel
may be placed against GS positions.
7. I believe you should be aware of the facts contained
in this memorandum and I will be happy to elaborate on them
should you desire.
John F. Blake
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