USE OF RESERVE APPOINTMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000700110009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 25, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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MLMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH Deputy Director (Support)
SUBJECT Use of Reserve Appointment for the Employment of Retired
Personnel
1. This memorandum submits a recommendation for your approval. Such 25X1
recommendation is contained in paragraph 5-
2. Our recent discussion concerning the resignation of
brought into focus the kinds of problems which we may face if we continue
to employ on an unlimited time basis individuals who have already retired
from other career services. I believe that we have this matter under control
in our normal recruitment practices but that we need a clear understanding
of the policy to be followed in the employment of senior personnel.
3. For the past several years, we have been careful in our routine
recruitment to employ on a career basis only those individuals whose age and
previous government service, if any, would enable them to earn a reasonable
annuity by age 60 or 62. Some exceptions have been made in hard-to-get cate-
gories or in other special circumstances, but the rule is that a new recruit
entering our service on a career basis can expect to earn a reasonable annuity
by the time we will expect him to retire. In order to provide for staff
employment status on a shorter term basis, we have established two types of
limited term appointments: (a) temporary appointment for periods of one
year or less; and (b) reserve appointment for periods of five years or less.
Either of these appointments can be renewed if there is a continuing need
for the individual's services but our commitment to him, and his to us, is
only for the time period specified on his appointment document.
li. We have not as a matter of standard practice applied these controls
to the employment of senior retired officers. In a few cases, we have speci-
fically recommended a reserve appointment, but in most cases employment com-
mitments have already been made by senior Agency officials before the tech-
nical processing of appointment papers has been undertaken. Another factor
which has perhaps retarded the application of these controls in the employ-
ment of senior officers was an initial feeling that a "reserve appointment"
offered less status and prestige than a regular appointment. The reserve
ppointment is also relatively new and officials who ordinarily engage in
the negotiations with senior appointees perhaps have not been familiar with
it. In any event I now believe that there are significant advantages (and
no valid objections) to the practice of routinely making the Agency appoint-
ment of a senior retired careerist from another service on a reserve basis.
nn exception to this rule could be authorized whenever there were unusual
circumstances--although it is difficult'to anticipate such a situation.
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SUBJECT: Use of Reserve Appointment for the Employment of Retired Personnel
5? It is recommended that you approve as a matter of policy the rule
that the Agency appointment of a retired careerist from any other branch
of Government service shall be made on a reserve basis for ied term
not to exceed five years. 25X1
mme Echols
27 JUN 1963
Deputy Director (Support)
fr Marshall S. Carter
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
L. K. White
The recommendation in paragraph 5 is approved.
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C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MEMORANDUM NO.
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SUBJECT: Use of Reserve Appointment for the Employment of Retired Personnel
1. The following paragraphs have been extracted from an 'Eyes Only"
memorandum for the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and are published
for the information and guidance of all concerned:
or the past several years, we have been careful in our rou-
tine recruitment to employ on a career basis only those individuals
whose age and previous government service, if any, would enable
them to earn a reasonable annuity by age 60 or 62. Some exceptions
have been made in hard-to-get categories or in other special cir-
cumstances, but the rule is that a new recruit entering our service
on a career basis can expect to earn a reasonable annuity by the
time we will expect him to retire. In order to provide for staff
employment status on a shorter term basis, we have established two
types of limited term appointments: (a) temporary appointment for
periods of one year or less; and (b) reserve appointment for periods
of five years or less. Either of these appointments can be renewed
if there is a continuing need for the individual's services but our
commitment to him, and his to us, is only for the time period spec-
ified on his appointment document.
"We have not as a matter of standard practice applied these
controls to the employment of senior retired officers. In a few
cases, we have specifically recommended a reserve appointment,
but in most cases employment commitments have already been made
by senior Agency officials before the technical processing of
appointment papers has been undertaken. * * * In any event I
now believe that there are significant advantages (and no valid
objections) to the practice of routinely making the Agency appoint-
ment of a senior retired careerist from another service on a re-
serve basis. An exception to this rule could be. authorized whenever
there were unusual circumstances-although it is-difficult to antic-
ipate such a situation.
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C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
10 July 1963
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"It is recommended that you approve as a matter of policy the
rule that the Agency appointment of a retired careerist from any
other branch of Government service shall be made on a reserve
basis for a specified term not to exceed five years." underscoring
saplied
2. On 28 June 1963 the Executive Director approved the recommendation
quoted immediately above. The policy established thereby applies equally to
senior personnel retired from military or from civilian Federal service.
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Director of Personnel
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