WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 21 MARCH 1986

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88G01332R001100150061-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: March 21, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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DDA 86-0559
21 March 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Richard J. Kerr
Deputy Director for Administration
Weekly Report for Period Ending 21 March 1986
2. The Office of Logistics (OL) reports that the design and schematic
drawings for the renovation of space in 6E and 6F corridors of the
Headquarters Building for the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) and Directorate
of Operations (DO) components of the Counterterrorist Center (CTC) are
scheduled to be delivered to Dicon (A&E Firm) this week. Contract drawings
and specifications are due back from Dicon by 27 March. This phase is one of
the steps in a multiphased project which is scheduled to be completed
1 August. Another renovation project for the CTC is to take place in the 6E
corridor of the Headquarters Building for the DI. This renovation involves
minor partition work and associated telephone and electrical installations,
which is projected to begin 31 March and scheduled for completion on
13 April.
3. A representative from OL met with Mr. Harold Vogel, a sculptor/artist
employed by Wood and Stone, Incorporated, on 14 March to discuss the memorial
plaque project. Mr. Vogel was advised that this project, although
unclassified, was considered somewhat sensitive. The purpose of the memorial
plaque is to honor non-Agency people who have died in the line of duty
supporting the Agency's mission. The planned location of the finished project
is the main entrance foyer of the existing Headquarters Building. Mr. Vogel
was asked to provide design ideas and recommendations concerning the medium to
be used, the inscription, size, location and symbology appropriate to the
design. Based upon this meeting, the artist will work up some samples and
prepare an artistic proposal and an associated cost estimate, which he will
present in approximately 30 days for the Agency's consideration.
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7. An OF representative attended the Interagency Travel Management
Committee meeting on 12 March for discussions on proposed revisions to the
Federal Travel Regulations. The majority of the discussions concerned
proposed regulations to provide for a lodging-plus per diem system for travel
in CONUS and to remove the statutory limitation of $75 per day for
subsistence. The tenor of the meeting was that the regulations were too
complex and would result in greater costs to the agencies, both in terms of
increased costs in implementing procedures and increased cost of travel. The
General Services Administration (GSA) estimated that the higher lodging-plus
per diem rates would result in a 12% increase in travel costs. GSA will
accept written comments on these proposed regulations until 20 March; are
committed to presenting the final proposal to 0MB by 30 April; and the final
regulation is expected to be issued by 1 July.
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8. The Office of Information Technology (OIT) continues to participate in
numerous activities in support of the Decision Support and Information System
for Terrorism (DESIST) and the new Counterterrorist Center (CTC). During the
monthly meeting of the Inter Intellicence Committee on Terrorism (IICT),
the chairman of the meeting, expressed his appreciation for the
commitment made by OIT to make the DESIST system more "user friendly," and to
meet the needs of the Intelligence Community without duplication of efforts
among the different agencies.
9. OIT officers travelled to North Carolina to meet with Major
Robert Peden, Co-chairman of the Advisory Group on Information Handling for
the IICT. Major Peden briefed on the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
data processing systems and how JSOC's watch officers use these systems to
perform their duties. Major Peden also gave an overview of JSOC's Special
Operations Information System (SOIS) and, from our initial exposure to SOIS,
it appears that this system will be complementary to DESIST.
10. New AIM (electronic mail) software was delivered last week to the
Computer Center, to the test AIM system in the Northside Computer
Center, and to the unclassified system for SAFE testing. These AIM changes
should enhance SAFE performance and availability in all centers. The AIM
system for the SAFE Delivery 2 reached a new high this week in the number of
users on the system. There wereF__1users with~__7 concurrently doing work.
11. The OIT Headquarters communications network has again exceeded its
past traffic volume record. The Cable Dissemination System (CDS) processed
narrative messa es for February 1986. The Data Exchange (DATEX)
system switched transmissions during the month. This aggregate
volume exceeds t e previous record by transmissions.
12. Representatives from the Secretarial Training Branch met with the
Executive Director's Secretarial Board on 19 March 1986 to brief them on the
Intelligence Issues Course, a part of the Secretarial Initiative. This
course, which is being developed, will be offered to executive secretaries for
their continuing professional development.
13. Activities in the Historical Review Program are moving forward with
the review of three distinct groups of historical documents: the Strategic
Services Unit (SSU), the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence
(O/DCI), and the U-2 Program. Some 20 feet of SSU records have been initially
reviewed by the Classification Review Division/OIS. The results and the
documents have been sent to the DO for coordination. No complications are
expected at this first stage. The review of O/DCI records covering 1945 to
1955 is under way. The records of the U-2 Program--previously reported--are
being examined to identify any special problems.
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beginning with personnel from the Office of General Counsel on how to handle
declassification problems involving corporations, their employees, and their
experimental, developmental data.
and consultations are
14. The Agency transferred another 164 cubic feet of OSS records to the
National Archives and Records Administration.
17. Student demonstrations continue with ourl recruiter reporting
a very unpleasant experience at Hunter College where he was scheduled to
interview 15 DI applicants. Confronted by 25 shouting and screaming
demonstrators condemning CIA's Central American involvement, the recruiter was
unable to conduct the interviews; although the Placement Directors tried to
dissuade the protesters from infringing on the rights of the students who were
there to discuss employment. Some of the demonstrators photographed and
followed the recruiter for almost a mile on foot, harassing him all the way.
The Office of Security was advised of this activity.
18. The first of three occupationally specific ads designed to attract
educators/teachers to the Career Training Program and for DO direct hire
appeared in the 16 March edition of The Washington Post. Other ads, targeted
at the legal profession, will be appearing in the Legal Times of Washington
and the American Bar Association Journal in the immediate future.
19. The Chief, Washington Clerical Office, visited the office of Personnel
Management (OPM) to meet with the administrative officer who is coordinating
placement efforts for those Federal agencies which are considering a reduction
in force. Affected agencies hopefully will be referring clerical employees to
the CIA for employment. While at OPM, a review was made of clerical resume
forms, and 48 potential candidates were selected to be invited to CIA
recruitment presentations.
20. A Washington Clerical Office recruiter visited T. C. Williams High
School in Alexandria where a total of 60 students expressed interest in Agency
employment.
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21. The pride of serving with the Agency goes beyond our employees and
often extends to family members. This was recently reflected when a widow,
out of respect for her husband's patriotic service with this Agency, sought
and obtained approval to use the design of the Agency seal or the
Distinguished Intelligence Cross on her late husband's headstone. Her husband
had served his country well in that he was imprisoned in Cuba in the late
sixties and endured severe mental anguish and physical pain during his
imprisonment.
non-CIARDS population.
23. in compiling data in support of analysis of the potential impact on
the Agency of pending retirement legislation, some interesting statistics were
uncovered on the retirement status of current Agency employees. The reports
indicated that of Agency employees eligible to retire through 30 June
1986, are CIARDS and 0 are in the Civil Service Retirement
System. Although only of the Agency population is under CIARDS, we
potentially could lose of our CIARDS employees versus only not our
24. The Employee Activities Association (EAA) is "taking the show on the
road" by providing store services to outlying buildings. The first trial EAA
satellite sale will take place on 28 March from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the
be available. We are optimistic this new venture will be successful and thus
plan to offer the EAA store's services to other Agency buildings in the near
future.
At a minimum, seasonal and holiday related sales items will
25. The annual U.S. Savings Bond Drive will be conducted from 5-30 May
1986. An OP representative attended the 1986 Savings Bond Kickoff Rally on
12 March which was hosted by The Honorable Catherine D. Ortega, Treasurer of
the United States, and featured The Honorable Casper W. Weinberger, Secretary
of Defense, as keynote speaker. The Agency's kick-off rally is scheduled for
2 May 1986. The selling feature for U.S. Savings Bonds this year is a 7.5%
interest floor despite declining interest rates overall.
26. New enrollments in the Voluntary Investment Plan (VIP) are continuing
at a rather impressive pace. During the firs ive pay periods of 1986, a
total of n employees joined VIP; there were firs
new enrollments during all of
1985. The increase in membership is attributable to increased briefings
provided to a variety of groups by the VIP officers during January and
February.
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27. Last week the Federal women's Program of the Office of Equal
Employment Opportunity/OP sponsored the celebration of "National Women's
History Week." The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, was the special guest speaker for this
celebration of women. She spoke to a full capacity audience on women in
history who have inspired her career in the legal profession, relating her own
experiences as a woman, mother and spouse, and the "ups and downs" on her way
to the position of the first woman Supreme Court Justice in the history of
America.
28. An analysis of travel activity indicates the efforts to centralize
travel services for the Agency are proving to be a success. In FY 1982, OP
provided 30 percent of the tickets used by Agency travellers; but currently,
Central Travel Services (CTS) provides tickets to about 85% of the Agency
personnel assigned to Headquarters who travel by commercial carrier.
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Distribution:
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1 - DDA/CMS
1 - DDA/MS
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