ECONOMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00211R000500110024-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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110win~g ranagement improvements and eco
te+d by the Arebives and Records Center
fasteners and by removing inactive material. This was
Me of records retirement forms by removing
to the various Agency Records Management Officers. is
was accomplished at no cost by installing a sorting rack
that excess to the needs of another component,
b. Ri 1ifted the films procedure for 'the organizational
SiMlifled the procedure for mailing receipt fo,
she during a review of the files and did
require extra time to accomplish.
All vital records receipts (Form 620) for PDP are
maled to one central point in RID. This c
awes the preparation of approximately 100 envelopes
each week.
along with other changes In the mailing procedure
d.. Worked out a procedure whereby a Records i anagemen
Officer in any Agency component can submit direct to
the CIA Records Administration Officer records retire.
asnt requests (Form 140) for series of records not
rds Control Schedules and not of a nature to
d on a schedule. If the records are accepted
to the Center. This procedt eliminated the need for
a memo and/or telephone calls.
out a system of storing certain PD? vital
t to the Center the form a std by
Administration Officer and forwarded
resulted in the return to stock of ten
which cost $1,745,50. This system
d out the ,proposed purchase of several
h of aaf-ti-stack filing equipment and it
chives and Records Center valuable work
second-floor processing area..
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and an of the time gained by the roveia.
d by the Archives and Records Center is used
hives operation. The Archives operation
e a savings to the Agency because once the
archival copies are Identified and segregated, duplicate
records can be destroyed.
R It should be noted that operation of CIA Archives and
Records Counter is a .mna;ge nt inprovement operation within
itself. It is a part of the overall. Records Management
program. It costs the Agency $1.61 to store one cubic foot
of records in the Archives and Records Center per year; to
store this same cubic foot of records for the same length
Of time at headquarters would cost the Agency $54.89.
Based on the total holdings at the end of April_ (82,.078
an, ft) the Archives and Records Center is pro,
AVncy a savings of $4,368,189.16.
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