REQUESTS FOR RESTORATION OF ANNUAL LEAVE FORFEITED BY SIS MEMBERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP95-00535R000300130019-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: February 29, 1980
• Content Type: MEMO

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29 FEB
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Director of Personnel Policy, Planning,
and Management
SUBJECT: Requests for Restoration
of Annual
Leave
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Forfeited by SIS Members
1. Action Requested: That you a
rove
the
recommenda-
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tions contained in paragraph 3.
2. Background: Attached are individual
reauests from
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Mr. Daniel B. Silver, the General Counsel,
and
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of the Resource Management Staff,
requesting
restoration of annual leave forfeited at
the end of the
1979 leave year due to application of the 80-hour "use-or-
lose" rule. Relevant information on these two individuals
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is as follows:
Entrance On
Duty Date
Silver, Daniel B.
Service
Computation
Date
Hours
Forfeited
24
34
The SIS Support Staff of my Office has conducted a review
of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Resource Management
Staff (RMS), and Collection Tasking Staff (CTS) records to
determine the number of SIS officers in this situation. It
was found that 51 SIS officers forfeited leave in 1979
after application of the new SIS leave rule. Most of this
group are long-term federal employees who benefited from
the new SIS rule, i.e., they were able to carry forward
leave in excess of 80 hours which they otherwise would have
forfeited. The two claimant requests received to date
emphasized the fact that they entered on duty during 1979
and found it difficult to schedule annual leave during
their first year in new jobs. We believe this is a valid
25X1 factor to be weighed in considering an exception.
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SUBJECT: Requests for Restoration of Annual Leave
25X1 Forfeited by SIS Members
the
3. Recommendations: Based on the above, we
recommend
of
and
following:
a. Approval
annual leave
of the requests for reinstatement
forfeited in 1979 by Messrs. Silver
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b. Delegation
of authority to the Director of
Personnel Policy, Planning, and Management to
make
final decisions concerning the restoration of
annual
leave forfeited by SIS officers durin
nitial
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year of service
with CIA, RMS or CTS.
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Attachments:
APPROVED:
Hari): E. Fitzwater
Harry E. Fitzwater
ssrs. Silver
/3/ Frank C. Carlucci
6 MAR lao
Deputy Director o Central Intelligence Date
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to D/PPPM
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14 February 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR: Harry E. Fitzwater
Director of Personnel
Policy, Planning, and Management
SI-AT VIA:
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
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Chief, SIS Support Staf14._
Administrative Officer, DCI
Exception to the "80-Hour Use or Lose" Rule
for SIS Member, Daniel B. Silver
1. Attached is the most recent Earnings and Leave Statement for
the General Counsel, Mr. Daniel B. Silver. It shows 24 hours of forfeited
annual leave for the leave year 1979.
2. Presently, the "80-hour use or lose" rule for members of SIS
requires that they take at least 80 hours leave per year or forfeit up
to that amount. Mr. Silver's employment circumstances are such that he
is unfairly affected by this rule.
3. Mr. Silver EOD with the Agency in May 1979. During leave year 1979,
he was present only seven months. During that seven months, he took 56 hours
of annual leave. Fifty-six hours of leave over a seven-month period would
seem to satisfy the intent of "80-hour use or lose" rule (7/12 x 80 =
46.6 hours of leave).
4. Therefore it is requested that Mr. Silver's 24 hours of "lost"
leave be restored.
Attachment:
Earnings & Leave Statement
cc: AO/DCI (Silver's File)
GC
APPROVE:
D/OPPPM
DISAPPROVE:
Date
D/OPPPM Date
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
VIA:
FROM:
13 February 1980
Harry E. Fitzwater
Director, Personnel, Policy, Planning, and Management
John E. Koehler
Deputy to the DCI for Resource Management
Director, Policy Guidance Office
Resource Management Staff
SUBJECT: Request for Exception to SIS Leave Accumulation
Policy
1. One of the incentives for participation in the Senior Intelligence
Service is the opportunity to accumulate leave above the previous 240
hour maximum. The DCI established as a condition for the accumulation of
this additional leave the requirement that members of the SIS take at least
80 hours of leave per year. The individual who fails to take the minimum
of 80 hours of leave forfeits the difference between 80 hours and the num-
ber of hours taken.
2. The implementation of this policy as stated has resulted in cir-
cumstances for the undersigned which I believe were unintended and contrary
to the intent of the DCI when the decision was made to adopt this policy.
These circumstances are outlined below:
Date joined RMS: 27 February 1979
Leave hours transferred: 0
Leave hours accumulated, 1979: 142
Leave hours taken: 46
Leave hours forfeited: 34 (80-46)
Leave balance forwarded: 62 (vice 96)
3. As a member of the Resource Management Staff for only 10 months,
my opportunity to accumulate leave was limited. As a new member of the
Staff my incentives for taking leave were not great since I was anxious
to learn my new responsibilities as quickly as possible. The announcement
of this provision of the SIS in November and the duties of my office ef-
fectively precluded my taking leave to meet the 80-hour minimum during the
months of November and December.
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DOCUMENT UNCLASSIFIED
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SUBJECT: Request for Exception to SIS Leave Accumulation Policy
4. I do not believe that the implementation of the SIS was intended
to penalize newly joined members of either RMS or the Agency. I request
that an exception to policy be made and that the 34 hours of leave for-
feited be restored. I also suggest that you consider amending the SIS
leave policy as it applies to newly joined members of the SIS (less than
one year at the end of the leave year) to provide them the choice of ac-
cumulating leave up to 240 hours or accumulating leave beyond 240 hours
as now provided in the SIS.
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