YOUR SUGGESTION AWARDS PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04724A000200050025-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: March 6, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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42M S_Ug TON AWARD, PROGRAM
During the past five months the organization has adopted
93 employee suggestions for which the Suggestion Awards Com-
mittee has paid awards totaling $2,355. The individual awards
range4from Letters of Appreciation to $600. The suggestions
described below represent calculated net tangible savings to
this Organization of over $22,888 for the first full year of
operation, plus many intangible benefits. In addition to the
cash awards~e=o: , each person received a formal Letter
of Commendation, a copy of which went into his Official
Personnel Folder.
One suggester~ who consistently sends in good ideas, earned
$145 for his proposal to use a cheaper quality of paper for
raw}' itreportsthus achieving tangible
savings of $)+,620.
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Another person. proposed a solution to a technical problem
involving the NEMS 966 Video Patch Cord. Within a six-months
period, approximately 50 percent of the Model 966 had failed :-Id, t'c"."~
~r fa iuae..~r the small area
provided for a hand-hold on the connector when effecting a dis-
connect. The suggester fabricated a better hand-hold. Although
the proposed modification was not considered practical for general
use the suggestion caused the manufacturer to modify the design,
and to agree to supply to the Organization, free of charge,
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modification kits for each of the connectors purchased. The
suggester earned a cash award of $501 for his contribution.
sugges' lon elpe eve.-te&jni s- t uc ,s_. ,. . ,
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one employee modified the photographic light tables presently
used by photo interpreters in the inspection, editing and evaluation
of film transparencies. When a film transparency is moved across
a rough or hard surface, long horizontal scratches are e4d@G1
ite the sensitive film emulsion resulting in a marked decrease af- J'n
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the. intellige nce value . This Eggester in attacking this
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problem,,,designed and built a Mylar conveyor belt to rotate around
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idle rollers. Thus, the film never comes: in contact with an.y object.
= rides on the belt aJ his new method of
spooling film has reduced the wear and tear of transparencies by
80 percent. - ate- ,? = $600 so far, n?+ t1c' r
creditK'10 a, X 1 his two supervisors who were e e active
in helping him design and build this device. His patent rights
have been established through the Organization's Patent Board and
that Board has also applied to the United States Patent Office
for a patent for him. It is believed that when the device is
marketed, additional awards will be forthcoming through more extended
use by other Government agencies and by commercial firms.
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A significant new technique^i*-Ahe current--book microfilming
books rhr 7fV1.7107-M xo r.S Use,_
and photostating ptve eloped by the-use of a book-
holder with foam rubber padding. In this procedure it is necessary
to maintain the copy plane absolutely parallel to the film plane.
The foam rubber serves as a balancing cushion and auto-
matically brings the tops of the two sections of an open book
to the same plane at all times. The person who proposed this
received an award of $150.
One analyst showed a great deal of ingenuity in adapting the
use of a 20-power stereoscopic microscope ac.h eveF'aid
~ etograplsir-interpretation technic e- to analyze minute objects
on aerial photographs. There was,,,no stereo-microscope adapted for
the photographic stereo viewing.
The suggester realized
the need for this type of instrument was very pressing~J~is effort
made possible the use of th instrument
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voted a $50 award for this idea.
One person proposed that thepnegatives,inspection light tables
lee in darkrooms be equipped with a second ligh (a red safe-
light )~ -his-idea facilitated -re& large-
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quantity productions. J
Another suggester earned an award of $40 for his proposal to
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use a cheaper commercial product to- L , as a fountain etch
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and as a plate etch. This idea caught fire and additional awards
may be forthcoming from its use in other Government agencies.
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Another group of suggestions helped to cut out unnecessary
administrative and clerical red tape.
uggester proposed a procedural change to permit
direct referral ,bequest for reproduced dot vt8 Copy-f to)
to the office which housed the'i ch -tether than to the
Files Clerk Office which-,On served as aft inte? e y. He
thus eliminat?od:`ble handling of these documents and ear're4
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The proposal for the discontinuance of date-stamping on
certain newly created index cards earned an award of $30 for the
suggester who had observed that this practice had outgrown
its usefulness. The savings realized are estimated to be $330
annual rental for the Pitney-Bowes Tickometer and approximately
$200 a year in salary for the Tickometer operator.
A streamlining of procedures which effected simultaneous
distribution of requests for ,ecurity approvals for one category
of personnel has cut down the time lag ftme-ber by several weeks
and merited an award of $50.
A short-cut in desensitizing documents bearing a certain
communications indicator was devised. The suggester proposed
that extra copies of abstracts be furnished
facilitate the desensitizing procedure,
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Secreposed serious space and maintenance problems
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nM E3 MM at@ 0 A that the information _ be
transferred to Flexoline Strips a earned the suggester
$100,
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award-winning suggestions.
O person point ec_ogt-V le security haza d
noticed on p.~ redit Union account boo" ie G i sea
appeared'"on the `* ,over . He earned for his p ective
proposal to remove
Leh-ef three suggesters proposed that personnel going over-
seas be provided with a central storage place for the retention
of "vital personal unclassified papers such as wills, marriage
certificates, mortgages and insurance policies; and classified
and unclassified papers of a personal or quasi-personal nature which
the employee will need to re-establish himself at headquarters.
When. this idea was adopted the Committee voted an award of $75 to
be shared equally by the three employees.
A `aew method for the storage of furniture in. warehouses so
as to save nsside, al . a floor space earn employee a $75 award.
The method si of stacking the rniture o picks and represented
a ney- dea for the Ag
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These practical idea., ~ cod ntribut to the eficiency of our operations and it is hoped
will stimulate other w worthwhile suggestions from our readers.
Please remember to advise the Executive Secretary, Suggestion
Awards Committee, if any of the above suggestions are usable in
your #fice.
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