WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 11 10 - 21 MAY 1965

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2009
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• Publication Date: May 24, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. iu ~yyr. mp.eaa. a
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO Director of Training
FROM : Registrar, TR
want to compliment you on the efficient way you handled the
arrangements for me and my family prior to our departure for
I. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None
II. OTHERS
DATE: 24+ May 1965
A. The External Training Branch received a nice compliment
In his first quarter report he commented, ..1
CONFIDENTIAL
(You have requested a secon s o j.
report is attached.
Entrance-on-Duty Training, was fully coordinated
and readied for'publication some weeks ago.. However, its issu-
ance) by agreement, was to be contingent upon simultaneous pub-
lication of a revision of 0 Recruitment and Appointment, 25X1
which provides for continuation of testing services provided by
the Assessment and Evaluation Staff. Apparently, 0 bogged 25X1
down in the DDP coordinating mechanism and OTR's informal assist-
ance was solicited by OP in getting action on the regulation. A
telephone call b Operations Services 25X1
Division, DDP, elicited the promise to "spring loose" 0 25X1
right away. Thus, both regulations should be released to Agency
offices very soon.
C. On 12 May the Registrar visited with Dean Sollenberger and
Dr. Landon at FBI. Dr. Landon agreed to write for the OTR Bulletin
a brief article on the FSI library which they have offered for use
by Agency personnel. We discussed the problem of the occasional
withdrawal of our people from FBI training before the course was
completed. Dean Sollenberger recognizes the problem facing us and
is suite svnmathetic. He offered to tailor area orientation programs
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Weekly Activities Report No. 11
10 - 21 May 1965
. The preparatory work don
by you, of y 25X1
were quite adequate in all
respects." Of special interest is his r at a
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Weekly Activities Report No. 11 (Cont'd)
10 - 21 May 1965
to fit our precise needs. He believes that some arrangement can
be worked out whereby wives of Agency employees going overseas
will be able to attend the "FSI Overseas Orientation for Wives."
During this visit the Registrar also met Dr. Little, the FSI
Registrar.
D. Because of pressure of duties I was unable to be present
,
butt did attend the Annual Education Directors Luncheon
given by the College of General Studies of the George Washington
University on Thursday, 20 May 1965 at the Lisner Auditorium.
This luncheon is a goodwill gesture by GWU for the officials of
installations and agencies who work with the University on its off-
campus program. The featured speaker, Associate Dean of Faculties
Harold F. Bright, provided some fairly provocative observations on
the impact of expanding automation, for example, invasion of privacy
as in the case of income tax records.
E. Responding to an inquiry from OL ) for informa-
tion on a "new" brand of Reading Improvement Course, called "VICORE"
(visual-conceptual reading), we managed to obtain printed matter, in-
cluding newspaper articles, put out by the organization. The
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material was sent to OL and on 11 May we were notified that that
office was favorably impressed with the VICORE approach and might
decide to request organization of a special class for OL personnel
to be conducted internally. We asked to present the
OL requirement for this reading improvement instruction in a memo-
randum to DM. Subsequent discussion with the OL Training Officer
stimulated consideration and probable adoption of an alternative
interim action, namely designation of three or four OL employees,
each operating individually, to enroll in various available local
reading improvement programs, for example, USDA, YWCA, GWU. Upon
completion of their respective programs, the students would meet
together, compare experiences and evaluate the worth of the several
different courses. This would give OL, and us, some additional
practical basis for selecting the program most appropriate for
meeting OL's larger requirement and for handling miscellaneous in-
dividual requests for reading improvement training.
F. On 13'May, the Registrar attended a morning meeting of Train-
ing Officers at the Office of Career Development, Civil Service Com-
mission. The details of this meeting were previously reported by
memo dated 17 May 1965.
G. has visited the Registrar Staff twice in
connection with his project to select and procure equipment for a read-
ing improvement laboratory, with a view to developing in OTR a capa-
bility to support a self-instructing program of reading improvement.
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Weekly Activities Report No. 11 (Cont'd)
10 - 21 May 1965
We made voluminous background information available to Ed and
offered suggestions as to steps he might take to get up-to-date
expert opinions on types of gadgetry suitable for installing in
a do-it-yourself Reading Improvement Center.
it. On 20 May we advised Mr. Frank 9teggert, University of
Wisconsin, that we had a minimum of six bonafide candidates for
the summer Institute for Federal Executives. He agreed to re-
serve spaces for us in the specific units our candidates have
requested. It is possible that we may have several more candidates
before registration closes.
1. Individual briefings on the present organization and major
activities of the Office of Training were given to the following
new OM instructors:
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