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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00688R000200090011-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Content Type: FORM

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UEClSION l3HlT OVERVIEIY
LONG-RANGE GOAL: [1denlify the govt [mission] of fire decision unif?-direct fo word general needs to serve as a basis for deferm fining the mojor objectives,]
To assist in the attraction and retention of high calibre employees by offering a package
of fringe benefits. This is achieved by providing to employees a wide program of benefits
and services authorized by public law and Agency administrative decision, and to administer
these benefits and services in a centralized manner in order to realize the advantages and
economies of consistency and expertise in the administration of the program.
MAJOR OBJECT[VES: (list the objectives io be met in achieving the decision unit pouf. The objectives should be stated in a form Ihaf wilt allow for subsequent evaluation of vclivifies. Distinguish
new objectives from on-going objectives by means of an vsterisk.}
To administer a range of statutory insurances and Agency-decreed insurances; two retirement
programs; Agency-level activities related to FECA and Suggestion and Achievement Awards;
a program of Agency awards; a centralized service far official movement of employees and
their HI-~; a casualty assistance program; external employment assistance; centralized
guidance on all matters pertaining to personal service contracts and maintenance of Agency
records of such contracts; and an array of other services such as financial assistance,
and educational aid.
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 Only three alternatives to the proposed method (i.e., centralized} are passible:
1. Elimination - this puts the Agency in contravention of public law in regard to these
benefits and services authorized by statute.
2. Decentralize - each component in the Agency administer these benefits and services by
its own administrative staff. This will eliminate the advantages of expertise and
economy that are realized by centralized administration, and will necessitate a multiplicity
of contacts with external entities.
3. Some combination of centralized and decentralized administration, undoubtedly resulting
in confusion and uneconomical practices.
The full program of benefits and services historically available to CIA employees has been
administered centrally with fewer employees than would be required were the administration
to be decentralized totally or in varying degrees. Besides the economy of manpower realized
from the centralized operation, the centralized expertise results in economy of effort and
consistency of decision making, The efficacy with which CIA's important package of fringe
benefits is administered is an important ingredient in the attraction and retention of high
calibre employees.
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