MULTI-PURPOSE SLOTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000600060006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 18, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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OGC HAS REVIEWED.
18 Febr;a 1954
SUBJF,CT : Ifulti-Purpe ;e Slots
1. PROBLEM:
To establ:Lab some means by which Individuals possessing unusual
qualifications may be employed or retained by the Central Intelligence
Agency,, despite the fact that their capabilities cannot currently be fully
utilized by any single component of CIA.
2. A SSUMPTIONS t
a. Long-range estimate: of personnel requirements based upon
anticipated. operational needs would indicate the necessity for retaining
in the employ of CIA., personnel possessing univ,ual qualifications or the
employment of such personnel when their services become availe:41 s.
b. Establishment of a block of positions for the purpose of
accommodating personnel placed in the category of full time interoffice
consultants and specialists is considered by General. Counsel to be within
the legal authority of the Director of Central Intelligence.
3. FACTS BARING ON THE PROBIEMt
a. The CIA currently has within its employ individuals who
possess unusual qualifications which should not be lost to the national
intelligence effort even though such unusual qualifications at present
are not being fully utilized within their present assignment,
b. Recent T/O reductions have limited the opportunities of
staff and office heads with respect to making appropriate reaesigament
of such individuals.
co The Central Intelligence Agency does not at present have
any sfiparata block of positions set aside to accommodate personal in
this category.
ea The establishment of a block of positions for the purpose of
accommodating personnel placed in the category of full time inter-office
consultants and specialists is considered to be feasible by the Assistant
Director for Personnel.
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a. CIA RegulationM establishes the Office of Personnel and 25X1A
sets forth the functions and responsibilities of this Office.
b. CIA Regulation establishes the Office of Training and 25X1A
sets forth the functions and responsibilities of this Office.
so CIA Regulation establishes the Career Service Program 25X1A
and sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the CIA Career Service
Board,
de Functions of the Office of Personnel, as quoted below, are
related to the problem as atated.
"The Assistant Director for Personnel shall:
a. Formulate and recommend policies . . . . which
shall govern the administration of personnel throughout the
Agency*
c. In=pact, review, and evaluate all phases of
personnel management activity . . . . for adequacy of
personnel programs at all levels of the Agency,
f. Provide personnel service for the Agency to
include:
(2) Procurement and placement of personnel for
all components of the Agency." (CIA Regulation No.
- paragraph 2.)
e. Functions of the Office of Training, as quoted below, are
related to the problem as stated.
"The Director of Training shall:
as Formulate and carry out training policies, plans,
standards, and programs to increase the capabilities of
personnel to serve the Agency,
b. Develop and direct, in coordination with appropriate
.Offices, training programs in the United States relating to
the skills and techniques required in the specialized opera-
tional activities specifically charged to the Agency.
h. Direct a comprehensive program for the selection,
professional training, and career preparation of junior
officer personnel in cooperation with the various Offices of
the Agency." (CIA Regulation No. paragraph 2.) 25X1A
f. Continued efforts by the Office of Training to identify the
specific functions performed by individuals assigned to the various components
of CIA for the purpose of developing and conducting realistic training programs
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has resulted in a centrally loom s a- wsito oft o~ 1_ ~~ ~3 o xr a
detailed responsibilities and functions of the various Offices of CIA utich
the Office of Training serves.
g. The establishment and administration of the Junior Officer
Trainee Program has resulted in a carefully developed set of criteria against
which prospective candidates for this program are selected. Experience in
this field could be readily applied to the selection of personnel for assign-
ment to Multi-Purpose Slotse
h. Assessment and Evaluation Staff, Office of Training, possesses
the capability of aiding in the selection of personnel to be assigned to
Multi-Purpose Slots.
L The facilities of the Office of Training are ideally suited
for the administration of Multi-Purpose Slots and, in consideration of the
continued daily contacts between this Office and the other components of
CIA, acceptable procedures could be readily established for the full utili-
zation of personnel assigned to Multi-Purpose Slots.
~. It is estimated that ton Mlti-Purpose Slots would be adequate.
Establishment of these Slots within the present CIA personnel coiling might
be accomplished by requesting that three unencumbered Slots be provided from
DD/A and DD/P and four from DD/I.
k. A suggested procedure for administering Multi-Purpose Slots
is outlined as followas
Personnel currently employed by CIA.
to Candidates for reassignment to Multi-Purpose Slots be
nominated by appropriate staff and division chiefs and submitted
to the Director of Training through the appropriate Assistant
Director, Office Dead, or DD/P Senior Staff Chief.
% 2. Individnata so nominated be entered for an immediate
assessment program.
3. A panel consisting of representatives of the Director
of Training, the Assistant Director for Personnel, and the
Office or Staff proposing the candidate be convened to consider
appropriate courses of action e.g.,
(a) Additional formal training required by the individual.;
(b) 4b-the-sob training which will improve the indivi-
daalis capabilities and usefulness to CIA;
(c) The Office of Training through its contacts within
the various components of CIA to develop a series of part.tim
programs for the full exploitation of the Individual's caps.
bilittes and qualifications;
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(d) At the coxplet:Ion of each succeeding calendar year,
reconvene the panel and review the effectiveness of the
individual's program and the possibilities for his permanent
reassignment within the Agency,
CONCLUSIONS:
a. Authorization for Multi-Purpose Slots would provide a
practical method of retaining the services of individuals possessing unusual
qualifications during periods when their capabilities cannot be fully utilized
by any single component of CIA,
b. The skills and unusual qualifications of individuals occupying
Multi-Purpose Slots would be available to all components of CIA in direct
response to real but non-continuing requirements*
co The capabilities and flexibility of CIA would be enhanced by
retaining the services of individuals possessing unusual qualifications*
d, Multi-Purpose Slots can be established within the present CIA
personnel ceiling.
e, The facilities of the Office of Training are well suited for
administering the Mlti-Purpose Slots.
6. ACTION RECO1 4NDEDs
a, Approve the conclusions set forth above.
b, Authorize the Director of Training, in coordination with'the
Assistant Director for Personnel, to develop detailed procedures for
administration of Multi-Purpose Slots consistent with these conclusionse
c. Authorize the Director of Training to request the Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence to approve the allocation of ten additional
Slots to the Office of Training,
d, Recommend to the Assistant Director for Personnel that Multi-
illed at? any level from
Purpose Slots be so established that each my be
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grade GS-7 to grade GS-1.5, " Vj
e, Fix upon the responsibility for adminis-
tration of Miati?Purpose Slots as here proposed,
MATTHEW BAIRD
Director of Training
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