Change in Stenographic Qualifying Standards

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00452R000100050018-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 1997
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 22, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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DD/S
22 January 1975
25X1A9a
MEMORANDUM PO
SUBJECT
Change in Stenographic Qualifying
Standards
1e Peer many years our shorthand qualifying stand y:d hf-Xx
been 8 words per minute xte dictation for three ` +i gut ? anc . 0,
minut ; to transcribe with no more than errors
At1.y. the point was made that the Civil eCv1co
Ca=, ssionl shorthand test is easier to pass than our:::-,,-
CSC pormtts no more than 12 errors.
We have decided to compr srsai o. Effective 20
n
1975, no more than eiz'At () errors will b ai,lc ed,. Otbc
elements of the test r mak unchanged.
4. would appreciate your passing this inforia t. o i to
to those raployees on d y who are attempting to qualify a, ~
~phrs
25X1A9a
e', Staff Personnel D1vis
Distribution:
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