PERSONNEL CEILING FOR CLERICAL POOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000300150026-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: February 25, 1952
• Content Type: MF

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25 February 1952
P ~MORAN DUI FOR: Assistant Deputy Director (Administration)
FROM : Assistant Director (Personnel)
SUBJ: CT : Personnel Ceiling for Clerical Pool.
1. PROBLEM. To estimate the size and review related aspects of
the clerical pool in light of the new personnel ceilings.
2. FACTS BEAaING ON THE PROBLEM.
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a. The relative scarcit~__of_clerical personnel, particularly
typists and steno apaers, makes.it_difficult to recruit people for
this kind of work.
b. The demand for clerical personnel is great enough that
these individuals are able to locate immediate employment in other
Federal and private agencies and are consequently unwilling to
remain unemployed during the period required for full CIA security
clearance.
c. The quality of presently available clerical people is such
that some refresher training in job skills (office practice, typing,,
shorthand, e is frequently desirable prior to assignment on the
job.
d. Approximately 160 people in clerical positions were
separated from CIA during November and December 1951 and January
1952. It is estimated that the turnover rate in this category will
continue or possibly increase slightly as the On Duty strength of
the Agency increases to full ceiling. Additional clerical vacancies
are continuously created as personnel in these categories are promoted
to higher grade positions.
e. It is believed desirable to have fully cleared employees
immediately available in the Pool to fill Agency clerical vacancies.
Since it ordinarily takes 90 days or longer to obtain full security
clearance, accessions of provisionally cleared personnel in monthly
increments of -trill result in approximately = persons
undergoing security clearance assigned to the Pool on a continuing
basis.
f. It is imcortant to secure replacements .for clerical personnel
as rapidly as possible in order to relieve professional and technical.
personnel of clerical duties,
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g. Apropcrr t:ionate nuanber of vacar.cie~ reinai.-ning under
the nevrly established cei zngs are or c erica personnel.
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h. A~.~ esti7,~ated marlin o.f l~-2U per cent o~ provisionally
cleared cl erica.J_ people gill be last due to sece;irity disapprovals
and res3_gnations prior to f:i.n,al clearance and job assignments.
3. ACTIUI~I IiECC~r~~~~iLT1L7~D. It is reco:runended that a personnel ceiling
off' be establish~cl_ nor the clerical pool in order to provide a steady
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