MEETING WITH NAPA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00530R001002330032-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: December 17, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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17 December 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
FROM:
STAT
Director, Planning and Policy Office, ICS
SUBJECT: Meeting with NAPA
1. On the afternoon of Tuesday, 8 December, the undersigned met with
senior management of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) at
their facilities (Suite 540, 1120 G Street, NW). NAPA was represented by
Ray Kline, President; Jerald D. Fox, Director, Academy Federal Programs; and
Don I. Wortman, Advisor to the President. Wortman is the former CIA Deputy
Director for Administration (under Admiral Turner), and will be the Study
Director for the proposed NAPA IC personnel study.
2. Wortman indicated he has had discussions with HPSCI and SSCI staff
members on personnel management topics for over a year. He characterized his
role as an unpaid consultant. The suggestion of a NAPA Community-wide
personnel study had not been discussed until quite recently. Even then no
specific guidance regarding the scope of work or even study objectives had
been discussed. NAPA had not seen the pertinent language in the Conference
Report or Congressional Record. At his request, I provided him with copies.
3. NAPA has given little thought to the staffing of the study. However,
Wortman, who is about to begin a major management study of the Smithsonian, is
to be the senior study leader. He envisions a staff of eight to ten part-time
research associates and a minimal (three or four member) support team of
writers, editors, and word processors. These dozen or so people would be
current NAPA staff or part-time employees/consultants. Many are retirees.
4. The study would be conducted in NAPA style by having it report to an
oversight panel of five to seven. The majority of these would be prestigious
Academy members, but some might be "outside consultants". Admiral Inman was
mentioned as a candidate to chair the Panel.
5. The study is to be "classified" by Congressional direction. However,
NAPA has been told by the Congressional staffers that the report's conclusions
and recommendations should be unclassified so that they can be used in the
open legislative process. We held brief, preliminary discussions regarding
the need for personnel clearances and a secure facility. NAPA has very
limited experience in the classified study arena and currently has no one with
active clearances on its staff. In addition, NAPA management has serious
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reservations concerning its ability to conduct classified activities at its
G Street location. The whole culture is at odds with the requirements of
secure classified activities.
6. We concluded the meeting with the agreement that the government would
work on preparing a draft statement of work (after getting some guidance from
the SSCI and the HPSCI staffs) and NAPA would put its thoughts together
regarding level of effort (compatible with the funding available) methodology
of the study and its timing, and preliminary rosters of candidate members for
the panel, research team, and support staff. meet a ain next
week.
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