NOTE FOR DDA CORE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS FROM SHARON - SECRETARY TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS

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August 27, 1981
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Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 27 August. 1981 NOTE FOR: DDA CORE Working Group Members FROM: Sharon Secretary to Deputy Director of Logistics Attached is a copy of Category III and Category IV of the CORE package as it was forwarded to the DDCI and. the DCI by the DDA. Category Wwas forwarded as submitted.. The DDA decided to eliminate the following topics from the package: ell Category III Contract Out Secretarial Services for Unclassified Work Locate 4C Center Contiguous to the Ruffing or Special Center CategorIV Abolish. the?Annual MG Support Officers Conf.eren.ce in Europe and. the Far East (OIS) Reconstitute Medical Evaluation Program so Actual Evaluations are Given Less Frequently (OMS) 25X1 Reduce Conferencing (OC) Elimination of Early Morning and Afternoon Shuttles (OL) Conduct all Management Training at Chamber. of Commerce 25X1 Rather than II. (OTE) (0TE) Reduction of Course Duration/Frequency/Format (OTE) Elimination of Special Language Programs (0'I'E) The final total of Category III was $6,470,025 and the fina.1 total of Category IV was $96+,703. Distribution: 1 - each member, w/atts 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2009`91 RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE WARNING NOTICE - INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED 25X1 Approved For Release 200b~t DP84-00933R000200230006-1 e . 2. Approved For Release 2005 11RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE SAVINGS $ 671,025 Office of Medical Services 11,000 Office of Finance 1,138,000 Office of Logistics 3,515,000 Office of Data. Processing 242,000 Office of Security 848,000 Office of Training and Education 45,000 $ 6,470,025 Approved For Release 2005Lb1L22 k)MARDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2004 RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 EXECUTIVE. SUMMARY FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE Office of Information Services Abolish the AWP and the EOP in the PAR $671,025 Office of Medical Services Discontinue Dental Program 11,000 Office of. Finance Electronic Fund Transfer for Covert Personnel and Self-Mailers for Statements 104,000 Absorption of New Pay Cases 34,000 Earning Interest on Operational Bank Accounts 1,000,000 Automate Travel Accountings Computer-Aided Instruction Office of Logistics Increase Competitive Procurement Control and Limit Year-End Funding Remote Information Media Centers Establishment of a Regional Logistics Support Activity in I 100,000 Increase the Use of Suggestion Awards 415,000 Prepare Logistics Support Annexes for Contracts and Projects with Budgeted Cost Exceeding $250,000 Approved For Release 909, CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 3,000,000 Approved For Release 2005106W!biA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE Office of Data Processing Relief from word Processing Regulations $ 114,000 Component Budgeting of Terminals 75,000 Reduction in Cost of Output Products 53,000 Office of security "Blue Blazer" Protective Force 135,000 SANCA Reprogramming 30,000 Eliminate Keypunch Activity 20,000 Discontinue Communications Link 115,000 Personnel Security Initiatives 573,000 Up-Front Polygraph 75,000 Office of Training and Education Elimination of POV Travel and 27,000 25X1 Putting Most Checking and Savings Account Funds for into Bonds 18,000 [- Approved For Release 2005/0$Y'!DP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/04Q P84-00933R000200230006-1 *ftjfmr CATEGORY III FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE Office of Information Services Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ Abolish the AWP and the EOP in the PAR. None 671,025 The value of the AWP is questioned, except for special cases, and the EOP is seen as redundant to the PAR narrative. Savings are estimated on the basis of: (1) the quantity of PARs submitted per annum, (2) the average supervisory grade (GS-12.78) and wage per hour ($14.79), (3) the average time required to prepare the AWP (2 hours) and EOP (1 hour), (4) the average clerical grade (GS-06) and wage per hour ($6.57), (5),the average time required to type the AWP and EOP (1/2 hour each), (6) the quantity of printed forms consumed, (7) the cost of the printed form per page (1.5 cents each), (8) the quantity of copies (pages) produced at 3 copies each, and (9) the cost of each copied page (.03 cents). Approved For Release's QJ22o:: CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/08/5 84-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WIT}OUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE .Office of Medical Services Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ Discontinue Dental Program 0 11,000 0 $11,000 In FY 1981, the Dental Program was implemented. During its genesis, the program was felt to be an excellent service for dependents, and one which could potentially diminish dental problems overseas. Unfortunately, the hope for the success of this program has not come to fruition. It has been poorly received by dependents and, at this point, it is a nonproductive program. It is, therefore, proposed that this ser- vice be eliminated. Savings would amount to circa $11,000 per year and permit a reallocation of human resources. Approved For Release 2 6-bef k lA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/0Q= P84-00933R000200230006-1 ot TOP FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE Office of Finance Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 1. Electronic Fund Transfer 1 $198,500 .5 $104,000* for Covert Personnel and Self- Mailers for Statements O biweekly salary payments, e ks are sent to offices, are mailed to banks, and fare tdeposited via Electronic Fund Transfer. All but the last method are time consuming, labor intensive and, at least for the second method, not compatible with cover. Current costs include equipment, $1,000; finance processing, $16,000; component processing, $7,500; and lost time (payday banking) $174,000. 2. Absorption of New Pay Cases The Agency Budget pro'ects an increase of roughly employees over fisca years 1981, 1982, and 1983. During this same period CIARDS annuitants should 0 25X1 $958,,000 2** $34,000** *Estimates only 50 percent savings in lost time. **Cost avoidance. Approved For Release 2005/08/&I X84-009338000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005ASEC. CATEGORY III FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) 25X1 Office of Finance Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ processed in December of 1980. We believe this increase can be absorbed by the Compensation Division provided that continuing improvements in the automated payroll can be promptly serviced by the office of Data Processing, that new requirements which cannot be automated are held to an absolute minimum, and that the Office of Finance (O/FIN) remains fully staffed over the three year period. The estimated cost avoidance from this absorption is $34,000 in FY-1981, $72,000 in FY-1982, and $103,000 in FY-1983. These figures are estimates of personal service costs avoided by productivity increases. They are not adjusted for annual inflation. 0 0 0 $l,000,000* *rro U.S. Treasury, not to CIA. Approved For Release 200540$'122 ? -RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/O lDP84-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) Activity Description Current Savings Positions $ accounts will be individually assessed to determine the feasibil- ity of earning interest. If it is feasible to earn interest on all of our present accounts, it may be possible to turn over. $1,000,000 to the Department of Treasury. 4. Automate Travel Accountings There are approximately Agency- wide people devoted to t e audit of travel accounting; additionally, other personnel time is devoted to travel disbursements. The O;FIN is in the earliest stages of investi- gating the feasibility of auto- mating all or a part of this process. It is anticipated that an automated process would require fewer people and provide needed accuracy. -3- 0 25X1 $396,000 Unknown Unknown Approved For Release 20051?ad-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/0 122ti'--R~AP84-00933R000200230006-1 .FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 5. Computer-Aided Instruction Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown The 0/FIN has a number of positions for which personnel can be trained by computer-assisted instruction. There are other finance functions outside this Office which could benefit from such training. Our Office is not manned or equipped to develop all of the training courses of this type which could be useful. Development and use of such courses would do much to improve productivity throughout the office of Finance and would also contribute to more efficient and effective financial management thro'ughout.the Agency. Additional resources would probably be required by OTE and possibly ODP. Approved For Release 2005 //2j: -RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/0$ C*F P84-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE Office of Logistics Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 1. Increase Competitive Procurement Add 2 $3,000,000 The Public Law has historically required that Government purchases of goods and services be accomplished using full and free competition to the maximum extent practicable. Offering all qualified firms the. opportunity to compete helps to minimize favori- tism and collusion and provides assurance that acceptable products and services are obtained at the lowest prices. In many cases, lack of adequate planning or lack of personnel resources do not per- mit competitive procurement. There is no empirical data readily available to quantify cost savings from increasing com- petitive procurement activity. We believe a cost savings of $3,000,000 could be achieved. We believe that additional effort would be required to process more competitive procurement actions. The equivalent of two or more additional positions have been used to reflect this additional effort. Approved For Release 2005/0 ~hA-RDP84-009338000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/0 -IOP84-00933R000200230006-1 .CATEGORY III FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) Office of Logistics Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 2. Control and Limit Year-End Funding (to preclude $100,000 fund "dumping") The contracting process is a convenient tool used to obligate funds whose availability for obiiga-' tion will lapse at the end of the fiscal year. In recent years, the Office of Management and Budget has issued an annual directive to agencies of the Federal Government which limits the amount of funds which can be obligated in the last quarter of the fiscal year. It is recognized that there are inefficiencies in entering into contracts on a crash basis with inadequate lead time to perform the necessary analysis for proper contracting. The "dumping" of funds at the end of the fiscal year is a practice which should be curtailed to the maximum extent practicable. It is difficult, if not impossible, to assign a dollar savings if this practice is curtailed, but we estimate that at least $100,000 annually would be realized through tighter administrative controls. Approved For Release 264l /Q8f. `pIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 f.. K :_ .z+ Y a Approved For Release 2005/0 IA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 'SE, ek, L-' . -- FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) Office of Logistics Current* Savings* Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 3. Remote Information Media 0 0 Unknown Unknown Centers This activity would provide the resources necessary to extend the benefits of electronics-based text creation, processing and distribution to a greater population of users, expecially those outside of the Headquarters building. High speed/quality printers, plotters, optical character readers, graphics terminals, and Computer Output Microfilm (COM) recorders would be located in the outlying Agency buildings. These devices would be interfaced to the central ODP facili- ties such that they would become an integral part of the growing inter- connected network between Agency components and locations. This will eventually enable users of ODP,, OC, and OL/Printing and Photography Division services to route their out- put to common media centers located closer to their work. This effort would gradually extend information .input and output-services to remote sites such that all users would benefit from the information network supported by the ODP central system. *The efficiencies/impact of this proposal is unknown at this time. There is an ongoing joint OC, ODP, and OL study on the establishment of a pilot 25X1 center in the building which will determine the feasibility and resource impact or the proposal. 25X1 Approved For Release 20pr,/0:8/ : c-tA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 ~Approved For Release 2005/08/22 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) Office of Logistics Current Activity Description Positions $ A similar regional support activity exists in and has resulted in both expansion of the procurement activity that can be offered customers as well as increasing the sophistication of contract actions. This concept greatly reduces first destination transportation costs and offers a storage and transshipment service to major customers in the geographical area. Savings Positions 5. Increase the Use of 0 $207,807 0 $415,000 Suggestion Awards In FY 80, Agency employees were awarded $33,210 in the Agency-wide Suggestion Awards Program. This amount was divided among 122 separate suggestions with the average award being in the amount of $272. The first year tangible savings to-the Agency were $207,807. It is reasonable to assume that the above figures could con- ceivably increase with an -increased emphasis on the Agency-wide Suggestion Awards Program. Approved For Release 2005/: 1 4-R0P84-00933R000200230006-1 CATEGORY III Approved For Release 2005/08/ L4 4 b184-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE (CONTINUED) Office of Logistics Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 6. Prepare Logistics Support Unknown Unknown Annexes for Contracts and Projects With Budgeted Cost Exceeding $250,000 (This would equally apply to other support elements) Contracts and projects costing over $100,000 usually include requirements for logistics support-- facility planning, acquisition and preparation, procurement of opera- tional and support material and services, and materials handling and movement. In the absence of any -formal procedure to identify and plan for the requirements early in the contract/project cycle, the Office of Logistics (OL) fr,e- quently learns of the requirements only when needs are immediate. Forced into an essentially reac- tive mode, OL is unable to rationally develop and propose alternate solutions, take advan- tage of cost reducing techniques, or fully respond to the basic requirement or deadline. Approved For Release 2005/08 " %A- P84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/08 =FIP84-00933R000200230006-1 CATEGORY III FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE Office of Logistics Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ A requirement to formally consider the logistical implications of major efforts will (1) increase the effectiveness of all facets of logistics support, (2) facilitate development of more accurate (realistic) program schedules, (3) potentially reduce program cost through the use of com- petitive techniques, and (4) permit more rational allocation of OL financial and personnel resources, Approved For Release 2005/ lDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 200510 - C ;,CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 T CATEGORY III FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICE OR RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE Office of Data Processing Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions 1. Relief From Word Processing Regulations Advancing technology in the word processing equipment (WPE) field has increasingly blurred the distinction between WPE and automatic data processing equip- ment (ADPE). In 1980, General Services Administration (GSA) recognized this and reclassified WPE as ADPE for management pur- poses. However, GSA requires that the determination of need for WPE be governed by rules promulgated by the National Archives and Records Services Administration (NARS) which require that WPE be justified as a typewriter replacement on the basis of savings in typing time. Our view is that this approach is technologically out of date and does not recognize that WPE ideally is used as part of an integrated office automation network. Use of WPE is, in fact, a method for capturing keystrokes, which is the first 0 $114,000* 0 $114,000X1 *Annual Savings Approved For Release 29. 8~2 ;,.CIA-RDP84-009338000200230006-1 Approved For Release 20 5)O 2' . CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/0$/2il:CrA-RDP84-00933RO00200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITH ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICES (CONTINUED) Office of Communications Activity Description Positions $ About 96 percent of all cables processed in CSB now are three pages or less, i.e., requiring reproduction using more than one sheet of paper. Going to eight lines per inch will provide an additional 25 percent print con- centration on each cable page. This means that with eight lines per inch, all cable traffic to be reproduced will be two pages or less, i.e., requiring reproduction using only one sheet of paper per cable copy (one sheet cables will also require no stapling or collating prior to slotting). Approximately 95 percent of all cables received for reproducing and processing will be able to be handled using one sheet of paper (front only or front and back). Given the current traffic volume, some man power and overtime savings will occur. There will also be paper savings. -2- Approved For Release 2005(Q$? Current Savings Positions Approved For Release 2005/08 Ri P84-00933R000200230006-1 CATEGORY IV FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITH ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICES Office of Logistics -Current Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 1. Close the Executive Dining Room (EDR) This efficiency entails the closing of that portion of the EDR not involved in the support of the DCI dining facility. Although much of the work in the two dining rooms is shared by almost the entire staff, closing the EDR section only would allow for a possible staff reduction The EDR was originally established to provide the DCI, DDCI, and senior Agency offi- cials with a facility which was physically secure and serviced by cleared personnel. Members who use the dining room, many of them under cover, can obtain a quick lunch while discussing matters of a classified nature. Elimination of the EDR would save the Government $73,316 in FY-1982. Should it close, it would have an impact on the morale of its current members by requiring most of them to patronize the GSI cafeteria on the first floor. The loss of the EDR and its staff would also cause the discontinuance of tray and coffee service and cocktail parties. $137,373 $73,3j,62 5M (FY 80 ) (FY 82) Savings Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/0.F4DP84-00933R000200230006-1 (CONTINUED) Office of Logistics Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 2. Increase in Sea Shipments Over the past several years the ratio of air cargo tonnage to sea car'yo tonnage has steadily been increasing. In FY 80, this ratio almost reached a 50/50 balance with 735 tons being shipped by air and 740 shipped by sea. This trend toward increased air ship- ments has, in effect, caused more money to be spent for transpor- tation charges and less cargo moved per dollar. A reversal of this trend would most certainly be a potential area for.cost savings. However, other factors such as less timely ser- vice to customers, an extended supply pipeline, and possibly enlarged storage facilities at overseas locations are factors which must also be considered. In FY 81, approximately 620 tons of cargo have been shipped by air at a cost of $2,380,000 and 280 tons by sea at a cost of $198,000. As can be seen from these figures, a diversion of 10 percent of air tonnage to sea shipment would result in a transportation savings of $194,000. $194,000 Approved For Release 20054Q.8/22,_CI,-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 20ONtS :CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 CATEGORY IV Office of security Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 1. Discontinue Short-Term Employee Program Short-term employee arrange- vents, such as the Summer Only, Urban League, and various intern programs, x ' e the aggregated 25X1 efforts of office of 25X1 Security professionals and clerical employees annually. .Approximately $135,000 in Office of Security (OS) salaries could be saved. II This Office has long had reservations about the host of programs whereby individuals are brought in and exposed to very sensitive operations for a limited period and then returned to their previous workplace. Few, if any, of these initiatives would appear to justify the attendant security risks and the heavy administrative costs, including field investigations, the polygraphs and appraisals. The Summer-Only Program. entails the additional disadvantages of exposing relatively immature people to classified information while bene- fiting the offspring of open employees only. $135,000 0 $140,ooo*25X1 *Represents FY-1981 personnel costs plus the projected 4.8 percent cost-of-living raise rounded to the nearest thousand dollars. Approved For Release 20051682Qi:CA4-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/08/25 T84-00933R000200230006-1 FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITH ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICES Office of Security (CONTINUED) Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 2. Additional Guard Force $110,000 $110,000 Reductions We have made significant cuts in our guard program without any unacceptable impact on security. There are still some reductions, however, which could be made. For example, the DCI garage requires a post that costs some $60,000 per annum., The pedestrian tunnel entrance is another.luxury requiring guard expenditures of over $50,000 per year. We have proposed closing those entrances in the past and they have been controversial, to say the least. It is clear, however, there are still some convenience, rather than security-related,-guard posts that could be cut. Approved For Release 2005/08/2 c A DP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/08 EctRDP84-009338000200230006-1 CATEGORY IV FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITH ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICES Office of Training and Education Current Savings Activity Description Positions $ Positions $ 1. Elimination of Off-Campus Program Eliminating the Program would save 0 $53,232 0 $53,232 $45,000 in tuition and registration fees, in addition to the 588 hours required by the Training officer to administer the Program ($8,232). Employees would be denied the opportunity to take college courses that are tailored to Agency needs, taught by Agency employees on Agency property (allows freedom of discussion not possible elsewhere), and still receive academic credit. In some cases, employees would have to attend more expensive univer- sities, where a three-credit course could cost $500. , 2. Elimination of Disseminating Information on External Training result in a savings.of $31,155, but with adverse effects. There would be no centralized support for material on external training. Decentralization would result in component duplication of external training material, missed training opportunities by employees, and proliferation of vendor contact points. $31,155 P?X1 Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 Approved For Release 2005/08/22 CIA-RDP84-00933R000200230006-1 CATEGORY IV FUTURE EFFICIENCIES WITH ADVERSE IMPACT ON SERVICES (CONTINUED) Office of Training and Education Current Activity Description Positions $ 3. Offer Language Programs on Fixed Schedule The savings proposed are not possible unless students can begin on scheduled starting dates, reasonably sized classes can be formed, and ad hoc requests elimi- nated. In reality, it is not feasible to offer programs on a .fixed schedule. Operational requirements have caused the DO to request enough special or ad hoc classes to necessitate the addi- tion of 10 instructor positions for FY 83. $920,000 Savings Positions $180,000 25X1 :"tom a?--3g'._ Approved For Release 2005?$/22w .IA RDP84-00933R000200230006-1