PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL PLACEMENT BRANCH ACTIVITIES REPORT FY 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000200090014-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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Professional Technical Placement Branch
Activities Report
FY 1966
A, Description of Responsibilities:
(1) Consult with Career Service Representatives and Operating
Officials and provide advice on personnel policies and procedures
appropriate to the selection of applicants;
(2) Determine the minimum acceptable qualifications of applicants;
(3) Make periodic surveys to determine personnel requirements
in each Directorate;
Provide appropriate officials outside recruitment require-
Approve all personnel actions, except separations for
individuals through grade GS-15;
(6) Review and recommend appropriate action about "Outstanding"
and "Weak" fitness reports;
(7)
Interview candidates for reassignment between Directorates;
(8) The administration of the Engineering and Scientific Testing
Program;
(9) Brief, appoint, and coordinate EOD processing of professional
and technical applicants;
(10) Conduct follow-up interviews with new employees (GS-O5
through GS-12) six to eight months after they EOD;
(11) Review and recommend action on QSI requests;
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(12) Review requests and recommend action for exception to
in-hire rates;
(13) Monitor ceiling controls;
(11) Interview invitees and arrange appointments for them.
B. Work Force:
Swooping personnel changes occurred during the year. In fact,
as of 30 June 1966, only one individual has been in the Branch over
one year - one professional Although the table of organi-
zation provides for adequate manpower (20), the Branch has not been
up to authorized strength. At the close of the fiscal year, 16
individuals were working in the Branch - ten of those were assigned
and six were on detail.
C. Production:
Fiscal year 1966 brought increased emphasis on expanded input to
meet higher ceiling authorization. The Branch reviewed applications
and forwarded them to various components for consideration. During
much of the year, we assisted in the processing of papers for contract
personnel in process for At times this required
the full-time efforts of one professional and one technician.
As a result of personnel turnover and increased input demands,
all Placement Officers became chained to their desks. Seldom did they
have time to visit Career Service Representatives or Operating Officials-
most contact was by telephone. Follow-up interviews with personnel who
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had been on-board 6 to 8 months were discontinued due to lack of time.
Also, Placement Officers became intimately involved in contact-
ing professional and technical applicants to arrange for their invitee
travel. Inasmuch as contract invitees STATINTL
visited Headquarters, the technicians could not handle the
volume alone. Further, some of the invitees were senior personnel that
required the personal attention of our Placement Officers.
Other Statistical data attached.
Inadequate space still plagues the Branch. This, along with too
few personnel to adequately perform our mission has caused each
conscientious individual to be somewhat frustrated. It is to the
great credit of each officer that each believes he could improve his
performance if we had more help and improved facilities. Improved
performance would mean that Placement Officers would regularly visit
Career Service Representatives and Operating Officials, perform follow-
up interviews with individuals who had been on board six to eight months,
and.wauld meet and interview all invitees before invitees were referred
to components.
Summary:
More applications, more security initiations, more invitees, and
more EOD's were processed by fewer personnel than in other years.
Considering the fluid personnel situation, Branch personnel can be
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proud of their accomplishments - many successes - few flaps. Some
activities suffered from lack of attention. But we need more
qualified personnel to do all the things we should be doing in the
way we should be doing them.
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