WEEKLY REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 7, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
Director of Training
5 July 1988
and Education
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FROM:
Acting Chief,
Leadership Development Division
Office of Training
and Education
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SUBJECT:
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LDD Weekly Reportfr
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2. The Executive Development Program's Wellness Seminar conducted by
the Office of Medical Services (OMS) was held on 30 June 1988.
Twenty-two of the twenty-three senior officers who signed up attended
(DA-7, DO-5, DW-4, DI-2, and DCI Area- .2. roductory
25X1 remarks by Gary Foster, Director of OMS, Chief, Clinical
Activities Division, spoke briefly and then acted as moderator for the
day's program. Student evaluations indicate there was genuine
satisfaction with the presentations except for the afternoon session on
personal safet . That panned last time also OMS has reviewed the
125X1 evaluations, the driving force behind the Agency's Wellness
Program, was a ease wi the interest shown by the participants, as
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3. Seventy-five Agency officers were promoted to the SIS level in
July. This is the largest number in recent years and necessitates the
scheduling of an additional running of the required one-week Executive
Seminar. The schedule now calls for the Executive Seminar to be held in
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1988. in addition, twelve officers previously promoted to the SIS level
')cY1 are scheduled to attend the August running.
25X1 will visi in the near future to discuss support.
25X1 4. On 27 June, met with of Impact Training
Associates to discuss interpersonal skills training. mpact Training
offers a variety of leadership and "people skills" courses mostly for
secretarial/Administrative and management training. Their fees are
competitive; if any of our current contractors fall below the acceptable
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'MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Training and Education
FROM:
Deputy Director of Training and Education for CurriculUm
SUBJECT: DDC Area Events (27 June - 8 July 1988)
Where We've Been:
1. On 27 June "What is ELECTAS?," t4e CBT overview of the Agency's new
T&A system, was tried with 11 DI T&A clerks scheduled to take classroom
ELECTAS training in July. Students felt that the course gave them a good
overview of the system and they liked the informal, friendly tone. We will
announce the course's availability within the next several weeks; OP will also
advertise it. One of the clerks remarked that this short course unit could be
used to teach Agency managers about ELECTAS, an idea that seems reasonable.
3. The Visual Aids Section:
-- sent a photographer to record the events at the Training Officers'
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-- developed forms using the Genigraphics system; and,
-- completed a mock-up design of the Learning Center Brochure.
4. The staff of the Television Production Section spent the entire week
taping on location, for the DA Orientation project. The EOD swearing-in
ceremony was taped Monday, to finish off the OP ?ortion. The rest of the week
25X1 was dedicated to OL, and included a trip to observe and record the
packaging, shipping, and storage operation. The TEAMS videotape was re-shot
Thursday and Friday.
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5. The Television Production Section also:
-- saw the TEAC recordable videodisc demonstrated;
-- completed a HQ TV survey and is writing a related report;
-- received a request for information on how to produce a videotape on
DI Ills; and
reshot the TEAMS videotape.
6. The Audio-Visual Section kept busy videotaping a."Train the Trainers"
-workshop and a number of instructor certifications.
7. Dan's folks, and the contractor began the first cable drops
from the roof for the new TV dish.
8. The DDC was part of a CI brainstorming session for
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10. On 1 July, met with instructors
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held 24 August - 2 September.
9. On 27 - 30 June, conducted a trainers' workshop for
Office of Security, to train their new instructors.
to be
Where We Are Going
11. The Television Production Sectio4 expects to begin editing "DA
Orientation" at the DI/TV Center next week. Some minor footage will be shot
to finish the project.
12 On 6 July, Applied Learning International, Inc., will install a sample
25X1 of the British IVD on telephone techniques on an InfoWindow
for trial by Secretarial Training Branch.
13. The Soviet Realities Institute has requested another round of
videotaping sessions which will be used to develop video programs for the new
counterintelligence training program.
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Administration Division Weekly
27 June - 1 July 1988
Conferencing
Forwarded requirements for Comptroller Conference 10-12 July.
Space
Division interviews (ISTD, IT, AD, TSD, CT, SACTD) continued with the
architects. LDD has been scheduled for a repeat session on 6 July.
Miscellaneous
Liz attended the Payroll Workshop offered by the Office of Personnel on
30 June 1988.
Darlene attended the MBTI workshop on 29 June.
Budget and Finance
Organized a budget meeting on 28 June for OTE Management on funding for
remainder of FY 1988. After all office budgets and spending levels were
reviewed, D/OTE decided to present the Status of Funds at the Wednesday staff
meeting.
In compliance with a recommendation in the recent audit report, Karen
audited Time and Attendance Reports of several TA clerks for correctness.
Security
SO gave security briefing to New Language Instructors Class on 27 June.
Personnel
On 27 June, C/PB met with AC/ODB/CAP/OP (formerly PMCD) to discuss the
eight impact allocation positions that are GS-15 when occupied by non-MT
careerists.
On 1 Jul C PB, DDTE, and C/LTD met with a representative from OP/SAS to
discuss ther case.
DC/PB participated with LDD in the presentation of a PAR workshop
on 30 June.
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Panel Support
Continued preparation for the GS-11 semi-annual, GS-09 LIP
semi-annual and the GS-09 semi-annual review panels.
Requested the SIFs for the GS-09 semi-annual review
Started preparation for the GS-10 semi-annual review.
Check-ins:
Title
Office
Grade
Date
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Instructor
SACTD/ATB
GS-14
06/27/88
Check-outs:
Title
Office
Grade
Date
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LTD
GS-11
07/01/88
Rotate Out
Instructor
ITD/STI
GS-12
07/01/88
Retire
Logistics
Prepared maintenance/service contract renewals for FY89 due in OL on
1 July 88.
25X1 Ordered new furniture for
itchen Area.
Federal Protection Agency (GSA) conducted fire inspection 1 July in
connection with the upcoming lease renewal for this building. No problems
were found.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training and Education
FROM:
Chief, Language Training Division
5 July 1988
SUBJECT: Language Training Division Weekly Report
25X1 1. On 1 July, Chief/SE Division was briefed by Chief/LTD,
25X1 Chief/Slavic Languages and Russian instructor
on the Russian Curriculum review and the new basic course for full-time students.
C/SE was pleased to see more operational material in the course.
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2. On 28 ?Tune, Chief of Computer-Based Training visited
Carnegie-Mellon University to see --inter alia-- a tuitoring system for Chinese
developed in the Robotics Institute, to visit the Center for Educational Computing,
and to see a machine translation program for doctor-patient exchanges in German,
English, and Japanese at the Center for Machine Translation. Visiting Fellow
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3. The Near East and Asian Languages Branch (NEA) is conducting the first
ever two-week Arabic- Total Immersion between 5 - 15 July. All partici ants
will continue their second year of studies
beginning 1 August 1988.
25X1 4. During 20 - 23 June, senior instructor participated
in the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop at Portland State University
in Oregon. She worked with 6 Japanese testing candidates from various universities
and high s ool ? Oregon. Japanese was one of the five languages offered at this
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5. During 27 June - 1 Jul
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LTD administered 58 reading proficiency tests
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5 July 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training and Education
FROM:
Chief, Intelligence Training Division
SUBJECT: IT Weekly Report
1. On 29 June Otto Kroeger Associates conducted
a half-day workshop on effective intra-group relations
for the Topical Issues Branch. While Kroeger regularly
offers free workshops to client organizations, they
seldom have the opportunity to focus on an intact work
group, and both TIB ound the experience
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workshop through an American University classmate who
is a Kroeger associate, plans to use the experience as
the basis for an off-site branch planning meeting later
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SUBJECT: LDD Weekly Report
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5.
June Peggy:
met with
Deputy Chief, DO/CMS on 27
--said she would propose to the DDO that sufficient FY-89 Training and
Travel money be earmarked to support the equivalent of 50 DO student
attending the overseas Managing/Leading in CIA program. This is the
first solid commitment for the program that we have gotten from the DO.
--invited LDD to submit some ideas for a two hour segment in the in-house
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"brown bag" seminar series that CMS
follow up on this.
runs for DDO officers.
wiirflDEDenuty Director
erved his
LDD will
6. met on 27 June
to hear his views on Managing in CIA.
manager-in-the-classroom in early June.
first stint as
about the
was very positive
program
but made numerous suggestions
about it. These are covered in a
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separate
memo for the record.
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7.
DC
OTE Branch, conducted a
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PAR workshop
for personnel on 30
June.
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8.
and Looking Glass,
Inc. contractor George
Peabody
met last week to begin revamping The Looking Glass, Inc. course. The
conversation focused on:
--redefining the central theme (or themes) of the course;
--reposititioning the course in the LDD curriculum so that we can once
again attract the right students (Cat I & II 15's and SIS-1);
--selecting a new feedback instrument to replace the outdated skills
assessment form; and
--thinking of the LGI simulation more as a training tool than a research
25X1 tool. dill meet again in late July. Plans at this
point call tor 2 preliminary report to the curriculum committee in
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25X1 9. a contractor who participates in POEM and teaches
25X1 Effective Management of Groups for MTB, has been asked by to
come up with a new approach to the Managing Change course. iftis hiective
has been perceived by some students as not being in tune with the Agency
culture.
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met with on 30 June to discuss his
initia i.eas. He suggested that the course be built around a "real
life" case study, possibly the Human Resource Task Force S
75X1 this idea has appeal, various other options were
25X1 will present his course outline within two weeks.
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10. MTB ran Managing in CIA on 27 - 29 June and on 6 - 8 July.
These are the 14th and 15th runnings of the fiscal year.
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