TO: DDCI, DCI FROM L. K. WHITE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000500120014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: March 16, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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DCI 4 a C /
16 MAR 1966
At a recent Morning Meeting, the DCI requested that we
examine the status and pay structure of CIA procurement officers
to make certain that the importance of their work is given due
recognition. Attached is a report from the DD/S on this subject.
The pay status of CIA procurement officers compares
favorably with the pay structure of other agencies. The Defense
Supply Agency has at the national level only two military and three
civilian positions in the super grade range, and sixteen military
and civilian positions at the GS-15 level. The Department of the
Army has in its total staff of 3, 623 civilian personnel only two
GS-16's and 45 GS-151s. On the other hand, among CIA's total of
procurement officers are three supergrades and six GS-151s.
The "journeyman" level for procurement officers in CIA is GS-13
as compared with GS-12 in most other agencies.
The average grade of our procurement officers is 25X1
12. 7. This compares favorably inside the Agency also. The
average Agency grade is 9. 9.
The grades of all procurement positions in the Office of
Logistics were examined last August, and upward adjustments were
made. Procurement positions in other components of the Agency
have also been reviewed within the past year and are in line with
jobs of comparable responsibility in other fields. Our review shows
that training and promotion opportunities for procurement specialists
have been excellent. Our attrition rate is good. Only eight procure-
ment officers have left the Agency in the past two years.
Despite the good record, we are not complacent. We think
there is more to be done to increase opportunities for broader
experience by procurement officers and we will continue to push
for imaginative planning in this field.
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14 MAR 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : Career Opportunities for CIA Procurement Officers
1. This memorandum is for your information. It responds to your
questions of 3 March 1966 about our present pay structure and career manage-
ment system.. for CIA procurement officers.
2. Pay Structure for Procurement Personnel
a. CIA. The Agency currently has Opositions at the officer
level (GS-09 and above) for employees engaged in procurement activities.
Under such titles as Procurement Officer, Contracting Officer, Contract
Negotiator, etc., these positions are allocated by grade and component
as follows:
Office of
Grade Total Logistics DD S&T NPIC DD /P
GS-17
GS-16
GS-15
GS-14
GS-13
GS-12
GS-11
GS-09
The grades of all procurement positions in the Office of Logistics
were examined in August 1965 and a number of upward adjustments made
at that time. More recently the position of Deputy Chief of the Procure-
ment Division was raised from. GS-15 to 16. The average grade for all
positions in the Procurement Division is 10.2 as compared with 8.7 for
the entire Office of Logistics and 9.9 for the Agency.
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Procurement positions in other components have also undergone
review within the past year and are believed to be in line with. jobs of
comparable responsibility in other career fields.
b. Other Federal Agencies. The Office of Personnel examines
pay structures in other agencies on a continuing basis as a part of its
job classification work. Current data from the Defense Supply Agency,
General Services Administration, NASA, and the Military Services have
been especially helpful in allocating grades for CIA procurement positions.
We believe our present structure is fully competitive with other Federal
agencies. As an illustration, DSA has at the national level in its Procure-
ment and Production Directorate only two military and three civilian
positions in the supergrade range, and 16 military and civilian positions
at the GS--15 level. The Department of the Army has in its total staff of
3, 623 civilian procurement specialists only two GS-16's and 45 GS-15's.
CIA, on the other hand, has three supergrades and six GS-15's among its
procurement officers. It might be noted that the "senior journeyman"
level for procurement officers in CIA is GS-13 as compared with GS-12
in most other Federal agencies.
3. Career Management of Procurement Personnel
a. General. Regardless of organizational location, all CIA
procurement personnel are members of the same Career Service. Their
recruitment, development, promotion, and career management are under
the cognizance of the Director of Logistics.
b. Rotational Opportunities. Despite the specialized nature of
their work, CIA procurement officers have considerable opportunity for
both organizational and geographic rotation. Six of our [::]procurement
officers are located overseas, At
Opportunity also exists for procurement officers to serve on a
rotational basis in other career fields. The Chief of the Procurement
Division, for example, has held a wide variety of support assignments in
CIA F_ I The Deputy Chief of
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During the past five years approxim.atelyFlof our procurement
officers have taken advantage of opportunities for geographical and/or
functional rotation.
c. Training. Procurement officers have shared fully in the
Agency's training program., particularly in opportunities for external
training in specialized fields related to procurement. During the past
five years, =rocurem.ent officers have been sponsored for external
training programs conducted by other Government agencies or private
institutions.
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d. Promotion. During the last five years, among the employ- 25X1
ees GS-7 or above performing procurement functions throughout the Agency,
Liwere promoted, 16 of them twice. And just within the past year, all
three of our top procurement officers were promoted, one to GS-17, and
the other two to GS-16. In addition, nine procurement officers have
received Quality Step Increases since that program began in 1963.
e. Attrition. In the past two years eight procurement officers
have left the Agency, six in 1964 and two in 1965. Five took jobs in
private industry, one transferred to another Federal agency, one stopped
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working, and one was separated for unsatisfactory conduct. One of the
officers was a GS-12, the others more junior. In the three years just
prior to 1964, nine other procurement officers were separated, making
a total of 17 lost during the five-year period. For a staff the size of ours
this is not an unfavorable rate and would seem to indicate reasonable
stability among the group.
4. Based on our present knowledge of career programs for procurement
officers in other agencies, we believe that CIA's program, compares favorably
with the best of those elsewhere in the Federal service. Our pay structure is
competitive and the opportunities which our procurement officers have for ad-
vancement and rotation represent a very favorable environment. This is not
meant to imply complacency but simply to suggest that our procurement people
are not "boxed in" because of the specialized nature of their function. We know
that much can still be done to increase their opportunities for broader experience,
and we will continue to push for more imaginative planning in that direction.
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