CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06367A000100080010-1
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 1999
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CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES . FOR
ATTENDANCE AT THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED
FO SCE S
1. The opportunity of having civilian employees attend the Industrial
College . . . affords the Department of Defense another means of assuring
that key civilian personnel are properly equipped to carry out responsible
duties in the Department. It is important that the necessary time and at-
tention be devoted to the selection of nominees for this purpose, if the
Department is to take full advantage of this opportunity. In the selection
of these employees, the following criteria will be observed:
a. The employee must have an appointment without time limitation
and must have a competitive status if employed in the competitive service.
b.. . . Since growth potential of the individual is even more
important than grade level, careful consideration should be given to
employees in the lower grades of eligibility who have demonstrated a
potential for advancement.
c. The employee must have demonstrated a potential for advance-
ment in the Department of Defense.
d. The employee must have arrived at a point in his career
development where the educational opportunity offered by the College is
appropriate and desirable for his future development within the Depart-
ment of Defense.
e. No employee should be nominated for attendance . . . unless:
(1) he is participating in an executive development program in an area to
which the education received at the College is related; or (2) he is employed
in a position in which the education received at the College would be of
benefit to him; or (3) he will, if selected, be earmarked for definite assign-
ment to a position in which the education received at the College will be of
benefit to him and arrangements for his assignment to such position will
be completed prior to completion of the course.
f. Because of the extremely broad scope of the College course,
employees nominated should have demonstrated a capacity to adjust them-
selves readily to a variety of substantive fields, to master complex subject
matter quickly, and to appreciate the problems and understand the impli-
cations involved in economic, political, and military planning.
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g. One of the techniques used by the College is the development
of projects by small teams or task forces. Students assigned to these
teams contribute to the development of the projects, jointly examine their
inclividua] work and collaborate in the completion of the project. Em-
ployees nominated for attendance . . . should, therefore, have demonstrated
an adaptability for teamwork as an approach to the solution of specific
problems.
h. The employee should possess the educational background,
maturity, and poise to meet the other students (Army, Air Force, and
Marine Corps Colonels and Navy Captains) on an equal footing.
i. The employee must have or be able to obtain clearance for
access to Top Secret information.
j. The employee must desire to attend the College.
k. In order for the Department of Defense to profit by the in-
vestment in personnel who take a course at one of the Colleges, employees
should be nominated who are expected to be available for further service
in the Department upon completion of the course. Therefore an employee,
nominated for the course must be willing, if selected, to agree to remain
with the Department of Defense for a period of not less than three years
upon completion of the court.. , or for such portion of this three-year
period as his services may be required.
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