DEAR MR. TURNER:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00314R000600010020-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 19, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
August 19, 1977
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Dear Mr. Turner:
Herewith, in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order No. 11030, as amended, is a proposed Executive
order entitled "Permitting Students Completing Approved
Career-Related Work-Study Programs to be Appointed to
career or career-Conditional Positions in the Competitive
Service."
This proposed order, along with the enclosed transmittal
letter, was submitted by the United States Civil Service
Commission.
On behalf of the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, I would appreciate receiving your
concerning this proposed Executive order. Comments or
inquiries may be submitted by telephone to Mr. Ronald A.
Kienlen or Mr. Steven D. Needle of this office (395-5600;
IDS 103-5600). 1 will assume that you t you ha
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Enclosure
EXECUTIVE: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20503
William M. Nichols
General Counsel
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Honorable Bert Lance
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D. C. 20503
'Dear Bert:
Attached for your consideration is a proposed Executive order which
provides authority to the Civil Service Commission to approve non-
competitive conversion to the competitive service of persons serving
under excepted appointments in work-study programs. This would enable
the Civil Service Commission to provide coverage for existing as well
as future programs of this type without requiring a separate Executive
order for each.
The Civil Service Commission is committed to the dual objectives of
improving the Federal career entry system and enhancing the overall
quality of the Federal work force. Toward those objectives, we have
recently approved a proposal to establish a Graduate Level Work
Experience Program. This program was developed with extensive con-
sultation between the Commission, Federal agencies, and universities.
Background materials on the program are enclosed.
Concurrently, we have a number of other proposals for similar education
and work experience opportunities for persons pursuing career-oriented
education programs at other levels, such as two-year college programs
in health sciences and other technical fields. Because of the trend
toward closer relationships between Federal agencies and educational
institutions, and because of the value of education and work experience
programs to the Government, the schools, and the participants, we are
most interested in being able to move ahead with the appropriate im-
plementation of such programs as they continue to develop.
Essential to the success of these programs is the provision for agencies
to effect, at their option, non-competitive conversions (from excepted
to career-conditional appointments) for program participants upon success-
ful completion of all program requirements, educational and experiential.
Such conversion authority would be consistent with that presently provided,
under Executive Order 11813, for persons who have successfully completed
cooperative education programs at the baccalaureate level.
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The Executive order we are recommending would provide sufficient .
authority to the Commission to incorporate the non-competitive con-
version provision, where we are convinced it is desirable, appropriate,
and in the Government's interest, into selected work-study programs
without obtaining in each instance a separate Executive order.
As with the Executive order for the Presidential Management Intern
Program, which the President will sign at a public ceremony on
August 25 (I hope you will attend), this order is another part of
our effort to attract to the Federal service the very best talent
possible. When coupled with the other reforms we will recommend
through the Federal Personnel Management Project, I believe we are
well started on a program which will contribute substantially to an
overall improvement in the Federal personnel system. I, therefore,
urge your favorable consideration of this part of that total program.
Sincerely yours,
Enclosure
Amman K. Ca
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Purpose
Benefits student/university by enriching educational process. Helps
students in selecting career. Agency gains services during program plus
source of quality staffing upon graduation.
Coverage
Program would cover all college entry-level occupations leading to
careers in the general field of administration and management, in
accounting, in engineering, and in the physical and life:'
ife sciences.
Agencies would also be able to request inclusion of additional occu-
pations by showing a direct relationship between the proposed work
assignment and-a specific field of-study. _
Agency Authority to Employ Under this Pro gram
At least during the initial stages, agencies will be required to obtain
prior CSC approval to employ persons under this program. Agencies will
be required to identify occupations and geographical locations of
positions they plan to fill.
Eligibility Requirements for Initial Appointment
Candidates must have completed all requirements for an undergraduate
degree and must have been accepted as a full-time graduate student in a
field of study directly related to the duties of a position for which
they are being considered. In addition, candidates must meet the full
qualification requirements (including any written test eligibility) for
the position. Since PACE eligibility may be claimed on the basis of
outstanding scholarship, a requirement for minimum eligibility when
appropriate to the occupation is not.a major EEO barrier. Candidates
meeting the outstanding scholar provisions under PACE need not take the
written test to be eligible for this program. Initial work assignment
under the program would be at GS-5 or GS-7.
Academic Credit for Work Ex eriences
University graduate programs would have to require or credit work exper-
ience. While some colleges and universities may be reluctant to modify.
their graduate programs to meet this requirement, we believe it would
benefit the program by helping assure that agencies provide challenging
assignments related to the field of study of each participant.
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exceptions are: (1) Northeastern, (2) Harvard, (3) Baruch College,
CUNYY, (4) Ohio State University, and (5) University of Virginia.)
Appointing Authority
Appointments will be made under a Schedule B excepted authority.
Making Initial Appointments Under this Authority
Agencies would be fully responsibile for recruitment, eligibility deter-
minations, and selection under this program. For occupations which
require'PACE eligibility, agency-recruited candidates will be tested
either during regularly scheduled competitive examinations, or in non--
competitive exams conducted by agencies. Special examination arrange-
ments may also be worked out with the appropriate CSC office when it is
infeasible for an agency to conduct the testing. In non-PACE occupations,
the hiring agency would be required to assure and document that qualifi-
cation requirements are met.
Requirements for Conversion to Career-Conditional Appointments
To be converted to a.career-conditional appointment candidates must
receive their masters degree within 30 months from the date of their
graduate school matriculation and must have.worked a total of at least
16 weeks during the time they were serving under this program. Persons
who fail to meet these requirements must be separated from their appoint-
meiit'under the excepted authority. Agencies are responsible for assuring
that all requirements for conversion are met. Persons may be converted
at any grade level for which qualified and eligible. The conversion
must take place within.120 days after the date the masters degree is
received.