APPARENT DISCREPANCIES IN CONCEPTS OF PERSONNEL EVALUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05077A000100140008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 13, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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ME RANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Personnel
THROUGH : Deputy Director of Personnel for Plans and Control
SUBJECT : Apparent Discrepancies in Concepts of Personnel
Evaluation
REFERENCES . a. Memo fr D/Pers to C/RCS dtd 27 Jul r subj:
Proposed Changes to
b. Memo fr DD/M&S to Heads-of DD/MM,&S Components dtd
6 Aug 73, subj: Competitive Evaluation System for
Employees of the Management and Services Directorate
1. Referent a. requested changes in Agency regulations to implement
specific modifications in the Agency's personnel evaluation system as
considered by the -CIA Management Committee on 1 June 1973 and approved by
Mr. Colby subsequent to that meeting. There are apparent discrepancies
between basic concepts therein and those promulgated in referent b.
2. The primary objective of referent a. is to establish a clear
distinction between:
a. The system of performance evaluation involving Letters of
Instruction and scheduled ratings of job performance against
Agency-wide criteria in Fitness Reports for the official record
which ratings are shown to the employees rated; and,
b. Those other systems for comparative evaluation of the
relative capabilities and potential of employees as pertinent
to various selection considerations. Such comparative evalua-
tions (rankings) are not recorded in official Agency records
and usually are not made known to the employees concerned.
3. The attachment to referent b. titled AN EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR
THE SUPPORT CAREER SERVICE" seems well designed for the purpose in 2b
above and is consistent with referent a. as proposed. On the other hand
referent b. and the attachment "FITNESS REPORYS FOR MEMBERS CF THE MG
CAREER SERVICE" contain instructions which conflict with referent a. and
require supervisors in the M&S Directorate to evaluate promctability and
executive potential on Agency Fitness Reports which will be shown to~the
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employees concerned. It is recommended that you meet privately with
the DD/M&S as soon as possible to discuss appropriate action to realign
the instructions in referent b. with Agency policy as contained in
referent a.
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