POSITION CEILING (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000300100066-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: January 13, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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13 J P 1978
ttr :JPANDLrM FOR: Acting Deputy Director for Administration
Acting Deputy Director for Operations
Derxity Director for Science and Technology
Director, National Foreign Assessrp-nt Center
Administrative Officer/'I C'I
FRJy2 : John F. Blake
Acting Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence
S'3JECT : Position Ceiling (U)
1.(S) As you know, decisions of the DCI and the President about our
FY 1979 Program resulted in a reduction of =in our re uested position 25X1
ceiling, from t."hile Congress has not focused in the
cast on position ceiling as a target for reduction, they have directed
reductions in personnel in specified areas. We cannot therefore assume
that the new ceiling- of I is firm and inviolate. In addition,
positions established in FY 1973 conceivably could be affected by
Congressional action on our FY 1979 request.
2.(S) For your general information, it may be useful to recapitulate
what has happened to our position ceiling over the past year. When we
submitted our Congressional Budget request last January, our ceiling was
and we r ,?ested that same level for FY 1973. when the new
A ministration carr-e into office, we were required by the President to
take an immediate reduction of Positions in FY 1977 and to reduce our
FY 1978 recruest to Congress by .dditional II for a total of IF 25X1 25X1
changing our total from
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Meant ile, decisions were ;jade.
internally to reduce the Ccerations Directorate by the era of FY 1979 by
positions from the original FY 1977 level. of these were
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given up in FY 1977 andre in FY 1978 to .meet the r.: uction of
imposed by the !! inistration referred to above. I more were
eliminated during the July Pronram Peview, and an additions w .re lost
during the President's review of our FY 1979 re nest. Of the position
reduction in the O erations Directorate then, =positions have been
eliminated, reducing the Agency ceiling from the FY 1:77 level of
to tie ceiling of currently authorized by the President for FY 1979,
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have been allocated to meet requirements elsewhere in the Agency.
were allocated as follows:
D/117 AC
DDA
DDS&T
DCI Area
All of the Operations Directorate positions have therefore either
been lost to the Agency or allocated to meet other requirements; none
remain to meet additional new reauirements.
3.(C) The impact of these reductions and reallocations of
positions is such that we must be cautious in our management of
personnel resources over the next two fiscal years. We cannot create,
or authorize the creation of, new positions without first identifying
the sources from which they will be taken; we must be attentive to
the fact that any new positions authorized will require that off-
setting reductions be taken elsewhere. Recruitment and employment
co?nitments to prospective new employees must be watched carefully to
ensure that on-duty strength does not exceed ceiling by any number
greater than anticipated losses through the end of the fiscal period.
The Comptroller and the Director of Personnel have been instructed to
monitor on-duty strength carefully to ensure that strength in excess of
ceiling is properly authorized. Recruitment against anticipated ceiling
increases is prohibited unless the Comptroller and the Director of
Personnel have concurred and the Director has given his written approval.
John F. Blake
Distribution:
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1 - Asst. Copt., Resoar