HONOR AND MERIT AWARDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: July 27, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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Hxecugive Director- Comptroller
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the possibility of c ideriug Quality Step
Increases as well as Honor Awards in all
e high quality permance is
deserving Of special re nition.
SIGNED N. L. Bannerman
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MEMORANDUM 1 OR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT
Deputy Director for Plans
Deputy Director for Science and Technolo
D puty Director for Support
1. The Director of Perscnel and the Honor
have been considering some pro osed revisions to
the granting of awards in recogni
In discussing these proposed polio''
Director of Central Intelligence, it
should not be offered in conjunction w
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of that part of the regulation authoriz
or Merit Awards.
increases in recognition of hi,
supervisors are not generally
stances the kind of perform
an individual be considere
the criteria for granting
quality step increases
nisms, it seems reas
some special attent
types of recogniti
Merit Awards Board
gency policy governing
hd meritorious service.
the Director and Deputy
greed that monetary awards
or and Merit Awards. I have
on tol ith the deletion
moluments to accompany Honor
the granting of quality step
`quality perfo
quainted with th
e that stimulates
for an Honor or Meri
quality step increase.
possibility. In many in-
e recommendation that
Award may also meet
re handled through separate
le that an individual whose pe
should have the benefit of being
e honor awards and
rocedural mecha -
ormance deserves
nsidered for both
3 I sho d like to encourage you to point out this po
of your supe isors in order that we may take maximum adv
courses of ction open to us in all cases where performance i
worthy o special recognition.
L. K. White
Executive Director-Comptroller
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
You should see -Col. White's memo to
Mr. Bannerman to get the- background
on that development in the field of
Honor/Monetary Awards.
I wrote the attached memo
for Col. Whites signature as requested.
respondt'according to the
regulations.
How about a meeting with and
Lansdale to discuss the three memos and
redraft one for Col. White.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Officer to the Deputy Director for Support
1. I have talked with Emmett about the idea of using QSI's in
conjunction with Honor and. Merit Awards. There is much merit in the idea,
as it would, at least in a procedural sense, separate money from honor. For
many people it would. represent a greater amount of money in the long run than
normally would be the case with a single monetary award. There are some
people who would not benefit--who could. not benefit--though, I suppose in
most of these cases money would not be given anyway; e.g., retirees being
honored at the time of their retirement. Another group who could not benefit
would be those already at the top of the grade or who are so near as to
realize little value from the QSI.
2. Of greater concern to me is whether in those instances that an
award. is given for an act rather than sustained performance we would. not be
in violation of the statute which established. the quality step increase. We
start with the words ". . . recognition of high quality performance above
that ordinarily found. in the type of position concerned.." At this point we
are all right, because we don't normally expect people to undertake
personally hazardous acts--at least it's not in the job description. However,
later in the Federal Personnel Manual we find. this language. "Quality
increases are d.esigned.to recognize and. to reward. on a continuing basis
employees at all levels who display continuing high quality performance."
(Underlining added) Later in the FPM T'' o warrant a quality increase
performance must be sustained at the high level for a reasonable period and
must give promise of continuing at the high level." Now admittedly we have
ad.opted.the QSI as we have adopted, the rest of the regular Federal Civil
Service Pay Administration, and. presumably we could. vary our use of it by
rewriting our own regulations; I am not sure we would. want to do this, however.
3. We say in "There may be instances when a specific
accomplishment during a r_____.. on ..__~ _h a quality step increase is based. also
warrants recognition under the Honor and. Merit Awards Program. Approval of
a quality step increase does not preclude this additional recognition."
(Underlining added.) Note that this statement talks about time, not the
substance of the performance being recognized. As a matter of fact, most
recommendations for QSI's close with a statement that the individual's
performance has been consid.ered.for an Honor Award. and. that the determination
mad.e that a QSI is more appropriate.
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'4. All this suggests to me that use of the QSI with awards would.
normally occur only with performance awards and. then would in a large sense
be twice recognizing the same high level performance. Only in rare instances
when a QSI would. have been appropriate anyway (for sustained. high perform-
ance) would. it coincidentally be given with a valor award..
5. As I have said, we probably can rewrite our own regs to permit the
use of the QSI in this manner; but I would suggest clarifying the legal
question of whether having adopted the QSI as part of our Pay Administration
we can then change the standards for its application.
6. Nothing I have said. above should. be construed. as a philosophical
objection on our part, because it was our strong position originally that
there would be times and. instances when monetary awards should. accompany
an Honor or Merit Award.. We would. be happy, therefore, to see this alternate
device made possible; but it does appear, as the FPM and. the regs are
presently written, that it's not possible.
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