EXTENSION OF CONSULTANT CONTRACTS - FISCAL YEAR 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000800200022-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: July 8, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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Extension of Consultant Contracts - Fiscal Year 1954
e aanr to DCI from A,.D A, dated 15 June 1953,
subject `'Ovwt and S .coverrt Co ultants, ?'
overt and semi ov t co,
iscal year have been requested by Aga
each question is suseafssarized belovn
ea. "I question the use of the Term c consultant' to cover such no
the ? dieal Office has?"
`Ih four doctors employed by the Medical Office are
in the sense that their aft-vice are required on an intermittent
fact that they have been used almost contir&zouely during the part
reflects the number of ioai, excminationn and speciali Zed work
:.y.~ ...*
Medical Office has bow called upon to perform. JJo .liy
is of these
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report to conduct morning physical ex ninstion and the other two report to
conduct afternoon exmsinatio . They ' y work from t fo to three hours a '?,
and for each day they are called upon they receive the pay of 112P.10. In the
past the fief,,, Medical Office.. has found it virtual impossible to obtain
qualified physicians on a full. time basis, 9r his present method of operation
he secures services of qualified physicians,, who, at the saw time can conduct
a private practice in this orefa,
b. "i question the payment
conege recruiters. lay not for
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We do not r the individuals who are gibers of university row
college staffs and who are asked to refer raisin students to our attention,
1 'T
e h ve felt obligated, ho ver, to compensate these persons for those days
which they spent in ' aaahin? tcn for briefing, i nstrucUon, and general orient .
tion. The amount of time required for such 'ashi ton duty is not expected
to exceed five d ys per ye r for a of these people, to have not obligated
oureflves to par more than that.
Co "Ditto for full time recruiters, ''thy not staff employ
The four full time recruit
con8nltante because the mechanics of bnr ` their a
i. e, renewal of their contracts ,;; as$1S.
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eputy Director (Plans).
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ied to the 'NEA Division
25X1 Aga & ,:Ladelp si,a. "' - Division rec as rds
covert consultants, extension of chose previous apnointments for
vhIch are unique in the true sense of themes and ata
employ" a in the Agency could furnish these services,
convinced that external recruitment would not provide an appli.c
e.* "Believe we should ask ':WSJ
elidin scale."
as been requested t V the various offices, is returned hwvvd
L. K. `:ITE
Acting Deputy Director
(Administration)
form rate of compensation for consultants should be avoided. As r- general
guide, it is believed that consultant pay should aim to approximate the regular
salary level of the individual's present or most recent em loya' ent, unless his
Agency duties would warrant a classification grade uhi carries r distinct 3,v
hi er rate of pay. In- this latter c+ s the consultant's poor should cor nd
to the best approximation that can be made of the classification level of his
c zltant duties. These principles would be operative in those cases here
the daily ecpdvalent of consultants' salaries from their regular c ploy eat
did not exceed ~`5O.0Os thich in the s*:aaximum mount offered by the Agency. 'mere
individuals' Wining backgrounds reflected highs salaries, o cation would
ra y= be establish at $5O.Oo. As you knows neither the Perrounel Office
nor this Office is in a position to exercise control to realize suitable com-
pensation procedures among consultants, since these actions not chmuwl ,
through either offices.
2. Referenced memorandum,, together with the tabulation of overt and semi-
the ;c' in Jane
with a proposal re a
This Office agrees that establishment of a uniform or nearly
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