IMPACT OF PROPOSED REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL CEILINGS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A002500480009-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 30, 1958
• Content Type: MF

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10 DEC; 1958
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Support)
FROM : Acting Comptroller
SUBJECT : Impact of Proposed Reduction of Personnel Ceilings
1. In accordance with your request at a recent DD/S staff meeting,
there is submitted herewith a report of our appraisal of the impact of
personnel reductions if applied to the Comptroller's Office. The papers
attached consist of the following:
Tab A - Summary showing staffs and divisions of the
Office of the Comptroller and the effect if
personnel reductions are applied.
Tab A-1 - Statement showing the effect on specific
functions that would result if reductions
are applied.
Tab B - Statement showing in detail the functions of
each staff and division, the current ceiling
positions applicable to functions and the
effect of reductions if applied.
2. The Office of the Comptroller has examined each of the functions
as listed in Tab B and has concluded that with one exception all functions
are required either by law, by regulation, or by internal or external
demand and therefore cannot be eliminated. The only function which we
believe can be eliminated is performed by Machine Records Division, which
is the "Preparation of stock catalogue and nomenclature in connection with
stock status reports." The elimination of this function was recommended
by the Management Staff in the EDP Feasibility Study submitted 19 August 1957.
We agree that this function can be eliminated and will result in the savings
of two man years, if eliminated. However, this study did not receive con-
currence of the Office of Logistics and did not receive final approval by
the Deputy Director (Support).
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3. We should like to point out that a reduction of even as much as
three percent for the entire Agency will not
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. In view of the fact that with one exception we do not believe
any functions can be eliminated and in view of the fact that the over-all
Agency reduction will not reduce our work sufficiently to effect a saving
of as much as one man year, it is our conclusion that if any reductions
other than the two man years effected by the elimination of the function
in Machine Records Division are to be made they can be best applied on a
pro-rata basis throughout the staffs and divisions. You will observe by
reviewing Tab A-1 that such a method of applied reductions will result in
a general weakening of services and the degree of such weakening will
obviously vary depending upon the magnitude of the reduction, i.e., one
percent, two percent, or three percent.
5. If we can obtain agreement on eliminating the catalogue and
nomenclature function of Machine Records Division, we will be able to
effect a one-half percent reduction. Any further reduction will have some
effect on services rendered but we believe that an additional one-half per-
cent reduction or, in other words, a reduction of two additional persons
would not be of grave concern to this Office. Reduction beyond one per-
cent can be taken, but the effect of any further reduction will materially
effect our operations.
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