EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00498A000700120001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 31, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Travel Policy Committee
FROM John F. Blake '
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT Educational Travel Benefits for Dependents
REFERENCE Memo dtd 17 Mar 76 to DDA fr Chairman, Travel
Policy Committee, subj: "Adoption of Annual
Student Travel Benefits Available to the
Department of State."
1. I have reviewed the referent memorandum and very much
appreciate your views. There were a number of special considera-
tions in this case which resulted in it being handled in a slightly
different manner.
published and dist:r_~buted a yea in advance.
they would not become effective until the Department obtained its
funding for FY 1976. This mean that the benefit was not actually
available until November 1975, Y~ut that the regulations were
2. The initial authorize ion for the Department of State
to modify the educational trave benefits was contained in legis-
lation which became effective October 26, 1974. The Department
did not have the funding to imp]~ement the new benefits at that time,
but they published the revised instructions with the proviso that
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4. I certainly agree that there are inequities involved
in any system which provides benefits to half of the employees
and not to the others, although this has frequently happened as a
25X1C OLC has in-
eluded t~iis item irl the legislative pac age presented to our
Congressional Committees for FY 77. In addition, the Interagency
Committee on Benefits and Allowances for Government Employees is
seeking legislation which would make the benefit available to all
government personnel overseas. I will assure that you are kept
advised of developments in this area.
9~gned:. John ~'. Blake
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