INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT - OMB CIRCULAR A-44 SUBMISSIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00399R000100180008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 1, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Agency Task Force I ~, d2 e -des,
on Reports Reduction
SUBJECT: Interim Progress Report - OMB Circular A-44
Submissions
REFERENCE: Task Force Chairman Memorandum dated
12 November 1970 (PPB 70-2247)
1. The following paragraphs reaffirm and supplement the
oral progress report given at the Task Force meeting on
11 March.
2. Plans Directorate expects to reach its assigned goal
of $150,000 in savings. The responses to OMB Circular A-44
surfaced three areas in which the Directorate thought signifi-
cant economies (and off-setting costs) could be reckoned. Since
these will largely determine final results each is singled out
for comment.
a. Country base programming-is a reality through-
out all geographic divisions. Documentation has been
compiled in time to become an integral part of their Pro-
gram Submissions. The projected costs of implementing
this management tool, originally factored at a cost of
1s accepted as valid and "expended".
b. At the outset, the greatest area of savings was
anticipated to accrue from changes in the project manage-
ment and approval system. The validity of this view rests
upon computations based upon the following statistical
table:
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CALENDAR FY OF NO, OF
YEAR PROJECT PROJECTS
APPROVAL PROCESSED
LEVEL OF
APPROVAL
1970* 1971
1,242
606 DD/P and
higher
1971** 1972
813
634 Division
338 DD/P and
higher
1972 1973
709
475 Division
295 DD/P and
higher
414 Division
* Real figures
** Real and projected figures
If the cost of project actions is judged to be
the sum of inventory items 15, 39 and 40 a dollar value
of about is obtained. The decrease in Direc-
torate level review and approvals suggests that about
one-half of item 15 and an additional within 25X1
items 39 and 40 will be "saved". Divisions savings are
reckoned as being about one-third their costs contained
in item ,39 and 40. Under this formula net savings
total Ifor the full year.
c. FE Division originally reported that it pro-
posed to reduce component required reporting by about
$80,000. It has informally reported that only marginal
progress can be cited at this juncture . . . a savings
of approximately`Lin reduced Vietnam ROIC reporting.
By subtracting "a" from the sum of,'"b" and "c"
one arrives at a result approximating through slightly
in excess of the mark assigned.
3. Organization and management methods continue under
close scrutiny by the Directorate. Significant changes in
management of Professional Trainees in RID have been promul-
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gated to enhance flexibility in assignments and afford par-
ticipants greater opportunity for meaningful employment.
Also, encouraged by the gains obtained through the revised
project system, the DD/P has approved yet a further change
designed to eliminate repetitious historical documentation
in project outlines.
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