HR - APPLICANT INFORMATION SHEET NO. 1 - HUGHES, GERALD K., JR.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005383116
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2010
• Case Number: F-2009-00344
• Publication Date: December 7, 1981

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
Applicant Information
Sheet No. 1
To all persons applying for employment
with the Central Intelligence Agency:
Your signature to this paper is the first step in applying for employment with the
Central Intelligence Agency. No application may proceed beyond this first step if the
applicant is not in agreement with the conditions stated below:
1. The National Security Act (50 USC 403), which created the Central Intelligence
Agency as of 18 September 1947, places upon the Agency the responsibility:
a. "to advise the National Security Council in matters concerning such intelligence
activities of the Government departments and agencies as relate to the national
security;
b. "to make recommendations to the National Security Council for the coordination
of such intelligence activities of the departments and agencies of the Government
as relate to the national security;
c. "to correlate and evaluate intelligence relating to the national security, and pro-
vide for the appropriate dissemination of such intelligence within the Govern-
ment ... ;
d. "to perform, for the benefit of the existing intelligence agencies, such additional
services of common concern as the National Security Council determines can be
more efficiently accomplished centrally;
e. "to perform such other functions and duties related to intelligence affecting the
national security as the National Security Council may from time to time direct."
The special character of this national responsibility requires the Agency to maintain
special employment criteria which may be different from the employment standards of
other Government departments and agencies. It follows that the investigation of appli-
cants, which is prerequisite to their employment is a time-consuming process. It includes,
in addition to loyalty and security checks, an evaluation as to competence, physical and
emotional fitness, and a determination that a suitable position exists.
APPROVED FOR RELEASED
DATE: 17-Mar-2010
 2. This comprehensive review may result in a determination that an applicant is not
to be offered employment. Frequently, such determination would not be the result of any
single-event or element in the applicant's personal background or qualifications but would
reflect the composite results of the several evaluations involved. In any event, determina-
tions by the Agency are conclusive and final, and no statement of specific reasons is made
to the applicant.
3. It should be understood by each applicant that appointments are extremely com-
petitive and that not everyone who is investigated or considered is finally employed. Em-
ployment by the Central Intelligence Agency is not a right upon which an applicant can
insist. Any offer of employment is subject to full security clearance and does not consti-
tute a commitment of employment on the Agency's part. Applicants must realize that a
substantial portion of those who apply are not offered employment even though only a
few are rejected for security reasons.
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