MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 1974 MEETING OF THE WAP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP00-01458R000100010024-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: December 10, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the Women's Advisory Panel
SUBJECT Minutes for the September 1974 Meeting
of the WAP
1. The minutes for the August meeting were discussed
and amended. The report that only blacks were being
recruited for the Summer Intern Program was checked
It was determined that the report
was not based on fact.
2. A proposed outline for the Open Session also
was discussed. It was agreed that the MS art_ici.e
should be addressed if only to report what has been
and is being done to correct the situation. Mr. Holmes
indicated that the Agency was required to report in two
months to the Civil Service Commission concerning
this question.
agreed to check out several
questions regarding the CT program--are married women
automatically excluded and why should military experience
be considered more valuable with respect to starting
grade then other work experience.
4. It was suggested by one of the members that
the Open Session not be announced as for women only
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All agreed that this should . he made clear when the
bulletin goes out. After discussing the specific
questions submitted to the Panel, it was conclud.:.di
that persons other than those on the WAt' should be
present at the Op='=n Session to answer those ques+:CJ_o.ns.
Only representatives from the Office of l?erso.nncel,
the Office of Training and the Director himself
would be able to answer many of the questions we
now have in hand. ndi.cated her intention
to present our proposed program to the Direc.tor_ be_fo.r.f
sel-_'tinq up the session, fully expecting that he would
want to address several questions hin)self',
5. It was clear that the WAP was not yet re.?a.dy
to present an Open Session.
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that she would like to get some of the data we hive
available out in reports at least to the management
group. Specifically vientioned were the training
report, reports on separations, supervisors, promotions,
and education.
6. Mr. Holmes brought up the fact that he bud.
a sum of $25,000 for training in FY 75 which has not
been allocated. As many of the melCi.,rs were unaware
of such a fund, Mr. Holmes went on to explain tha' hcc,
as head of the Agenicy EEO program, was given mote y-
to pay for training not directly related to the appl.. i cant.s
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job, but definitely career enhancing. So while th?:-,
individual directorate could not justify -paying fo>r
this type of training, the EEC) office would p.roba,Jly
approve any reasonable request.
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