POST DIFFERENTIAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000500550024-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: July 11, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Director
FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
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1. Pursuant to authority granted to the Secretary of
State by the President, a regulation has been issued which
limits the amount of post differential which can be paid to
U.S. Government employees working overseas. This limitation,
designed to ensure that the Ambassador is the highest paid
U.S. embassy official, requires that the combination of
salary and post differential cannot be more than $100 less
than the salary of an Ambassador at a Class I post. I an
informed that the Agency's practice for some years has been
to pay post differential to our people without consideration
of the "Ambassadorial Cap." This matter surfaced last year,
when the office of General Counsel examined the issue and
suggested a number of options. We then discussed the
"Ambassadorial Cap" with the Department of State but these
discussions did not yield a solution. After an additional
conversation with the General Counsel, I called a meeting to
discuss the issue. Attendees at this 6 July 1983 meeting
included, among others, the General Counsel, the Inspector
General, the ADDA, the ADDO the Director of Personnel, the
Director of Finance, the
Chief of the Audit Staff and my Special Support Assistant.
The recommendation of the group was that post differential in
excess of the cap not be paid and that, as provided by law,
we waive repayment of the overpayments which previously had
been made.
2. I was informed at the 6 July meeting that the Depart-
ment of state now intends to modify the Standardized
Regulations which govern payment of post differential to
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permit receipt of post differentials by Ambassadors. It is
believed that this change may occur in October 1983 and, if
it does occur, it would likely eliminate the current
limitation or. post differential.
3. The participants at the 6 July meeting considered a
number of options, as follows:
a. Seek approval of the Secretary of State
to continue to pay the differential at current
levels until the anticipated change in the
Standardized Regulations. It was the consensus
of the group that such an approach would not be
successful and, indeed, would cause problems in
our relations with the Department.
b. Seek a delegation of authority from the
President to the DCI with respect to post
differential for Agency or intelligence community
personnel. It was concluded that, with the
possibility of the post differential problem
being solved within a few months, raising the
issue at that level may well be considered to be
untimely and unnecessary.
c. Continue to pay the post differential at
current levels until October 1983 through use of
the DCI's Section 8 authority. It would be
argued that morale problems caused by reducing
the post differential now paid to certain of our
senior people overseas require invocation of
Section 8. This option is not favored, in part
because the morale problem, was seen as manageable.
d. Create a new allowance by using our new
Section 4 authorities to overcome the post
differential problem. It was concluded that any
consideration of this option should await what
transpires in October.
e. Terminate payment of post differential
in excess of the "Ambassadorial Cap" as soon as
cur Office of Finance can reprogram its system.
This may well cause a hardship to some of our
employees, but we believe it is the appropriate
course to follow at this time while we further
study the problem. If the Department of State
removes the "Ambassadorial Cap" in October, that
action will provide us with a long-term
solution. If the change does not occur, we will
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then review the available options and make an
appropriate recommendation as to what, if any,
course we should then adopt. Pursuant to our
established procedures, we will be sending you a
request that any overpayments be waived.
4. Conclusion: We recommend that you approve option "e"
to terminate payment of post differential in excess of the
"Ambassadorial Cap."
Ha y E. Fitzwater
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