MINUTES OF THE 6 JANUARY 1977 OTR STAFF MEETING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00896R000100010028-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 25, 1977
• Content Type: MFR

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STATINTL FROM
Secretary
SUBJECT: Minutes of the 6 January 1977 OTR Staff Meeting
1. The 6 January 1977 OTR Staff Meeting convened at
1400 hours and adjourned at 1545 hours.
2. The DTR welcomed to STATINTL
the meeting. He discussed the background o the survey
which the had conducted on critical training needs in the
Agency. explained the methodology the team had
employed. A questionnaire was prepared and delivered to
various component chiefs and followed up several days later
with a personal interview. They conducted a total of 40
interviews encompassing approximately 105 people. The first
part of the questionnaire covered the individual's awareness
of OTR training programs and how much these programs were
meeting their needs. Next were a series of questions on
each major segment of OTR's curriculum. The last question
dealt with the individual's perception of the most critical.
area of training.
3. presented a summary of
their findings. They showed a vugraph of the critical
training needs which had evolved from the survey, and the
members discussed these findings. They concluded with a
presentation of their recommendations which the members
discussed at some length. The DTR commended the members of
the task force for a good job of compilation and analysis
within tight time constraints. He considered the report a
fair and honest evaluation which indicated that OTR is doing
a pretty good job, but there are problem areas.
4. The DTR commented briefly on the apparent ignorance
within the Directorate of Operations as to the work of OTR's
Liaison Training Division (LTD). He suggested that the Unit
is probably misnamed--it was agreed to change the name to
Covert Instruction Division.
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5. The DTR discussed portions of the Agency-wide
personnel management survey. He pointed to the question
"Are you working to your limit?" and stated his belief that,
while some people in OTR are, there are others who may not
be. He stressed the importance of the responses to the
question "Are you kept informed on how you are doing on the
job?" He stated that the members, as supervisors, should
take a close look at how the workload is distributed within
their Unit. Each OTR employee should give eight hours of
work each day.
6. The DTR announced receipt of an invitation from
the Control Data Corporation to two seminars on the PLATO
system which Chief, FTD, had discussed at the last Staff
Meeting. The seminars will be held on 18 and 19 January.
The afternoon sessions would be devoted to PLATO and government
with emphasis on high technology training. He asked the
members to give the Secretary the names of those individuals
in their components who desired to attend.
7. The EO/TR distributed the list of pending actions
and noted that all deadlines had been met to date.
8. The DDTR discussed items from the DDA morning
meeting. The members reported the important events of the
day.
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OTR Staff Meeting
Thursday, 6 January 1977, 1400 Hours
AGENDA STATINTL
1. Report on the Effectiveness
of OTR in Meeting the Agency's
Critical Training Needs
2. Discussion of the Agency-
wide Personnel Management
Survey
3. OTR Pending Actions
4. The Day's Events
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Mr. Fitzwater
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