OL/PMS WEEKLY REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 14 JUNE 1988

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00078R000100030028-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 14, 1988
• Content Type: MISC

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PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT STAFF, OL
. WEEKLY REPORT
Week Ending 14 June 1988
1. Status of Tasks Assigned by Senior Management:
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0 a. The Chief, Procurement Management Staff (OL/PMS), along with
the Procurement Executive and contract group chiefs, met with
representatives of the House Appropriations Committee. In response
to their request for assistance, specific suggestions regarding
25X1 liability and insurance were passed on to them.
25X1 b. C/PMS/OL made a scheduled visitation with
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2. Malor Events That Have Occurred During the Preceding Week:
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b. The "Ethics in Government Contracting" workshop was
organized by There were 62 attendees representing
OL components and contract teams. Featured was a 20-minute video
tape on ethics in the Agency, followed by a presentation by
Kali DeWeese of the Office of General Counsel on general behavior
standards for all Government employees. then gave a
talk on ethical consideration peculiar to Agency contracting,
followed by'a question-and-answer session. In addition to the
video, there were vugraphs to illustrate important points and a
10-page handout entitled "Staying Out of Trouble: Ethics in
Government." Qt should be noted that this is the final OL/PMS-
sponsored workshop for fiscal year 1988 and marks the very.
successful completion of one of this staff's MBOs for this fiscal
year.
c. reported that all articles for the
Procurement Newsletter have been written and has been forwarded to
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Printing and Photography Division for publication. The Newsletter
will be passed out at the next senior contracting officers (COs)
meeting scheduled for 24 June.
d. (reports that work has been completed on the
schema for the NOMAD database which will give a profile of all
procurement personnel with grade, date of grade, entrance on duty
(EOD) date, procurement EOD, service computation date, employee
title, position number and grade, date of birth, current assignment
and date of arrival, and last two assignments. This database will
also have a master procurement training course list and an
individual list of training for all procurement personnel. The next
process involves inputting all procurement personnel training and
updating the database with change of assignments, promotions, etc.,
as part of this tremendous project.
e. OL/PMS, andl (Chief,
CONIF, attended a Procurement Policy Panel Meeting in the
Procurement Executive's office on 6 June and heard a briefing by
property/government furnished equipment (GFP/GFE) tracking system.
It is expected that OL will benefit from their experience as-we
explore the development of similar systems for all the contract
Interpretation Center, S&TCG on NPIC's government furnished
Chief, Contract Team, National Photographic
teams.
f. The Contract Team Automation Working Group met to review a
near final draft version its final report. Copies of the draft were
distributed to the three Contract Group chiefs and the OL front
office for review and comment. We exneci- to finalize and issue the
final report the week of 20 June.
g. I la TRW consultant under
contract to office of'Information Resources, Directorate of
Intelligence (DI/OIR). He has given a great deal assistance to the
Contract Team, DI, on their Local Area Network (LAN) set up and
operation. His experience and some specific software he has
developed will be of great value when we automate the CORE Team,
Agency Contract Group, OL, as a prototype LAN.
h. CONIF has suffered severe downtime since th~ tenter
move on Memorial Day weekend. The cause of the downtime has not
been totally related to the move. In some cases, the system failed
due to GIMS instability. There were also problems with office of
Finance nightly processing which directly affected CONIF data and
resulted in CONIF being down for at least,an entire day. Another
problem resulted when a modification to a procedure failed to work,
as tested. The result of this problem was not only several hours of
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downtime, but the loss of that day's data, as well. Several CONIF
employees worked overtime to regain the lost data and cal of the
25X1 workload. GIMS continues to be sensitive and slow.
i. CONIF input 320 contracts and 109 amendments into its system
25X1 during this reporting period.
25X1 j.l (represented OL at the Industrial Review Panel
meeting on 9 June. He reported that seven cases were reviewed and
25X1 adjudicated.
3. Upcoming Events:
a. There will be a meeting of all senior COs on 24 June, to be
25X1 followed by a social get-together in OL/PMS.
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25X1 on 20 June.l
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CONIF, will be leaving for maternity leave
will be filling in for her until her
4. Management Activities and Concerns:
OL/PMS will continue to keep management apprised of any
significant activities or concerns as they arise.
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