RECOMMENDATION FOR QUALITY STEP INCREASE - (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-01361R000100080096-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: August 5, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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FBIS-2031/88
5 August 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Acting Chief, Operations Group
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Chief, Daily Reporting Division
Recommendation for Quality Step Increase -
1. I recommend be awarded a Quality Step Increase for
sustained superior performance o ties as book chief for the Soviet
Daily Report since January 1988. joined the Agency in June
1979 and has not previously been awar e
2. GS-12 step 4, is responsible for all editorial
matters related to the publication of the Soviet Daily Report, including
final approval for the selection, organization and presentation of all
published material. As book chief she is also responsible for all issues
relating to quality control and editorial treatment. In addition, her
duties include the day-to-day supervision and development of five junior
editors, performance of these responsibilities has
consistently exceeded the normal standards of the position. The level of
dedication and commitment she has brought to her work has won her the
admiration and respect of her supervisors and subordinates alike.
3. In a position where there are few quantifiable measurements of
performance, she has excelled in the one area that is probably most
conspicuous to and appreciated by FBIS consumers. has
managed to boost the level of production of the Soviet Daily Report to an
average 80 pages a day during her tenure as book chief. This production
level is 20 percent more than the next most productive book on the Daily
Report. What is even more noteworthy about her success is that she has
accomplished this with no discernible deterioration in the quality of the
book. Her ability to sustain this high level of production while
maintaining the quality of the product is owed largely to the 10-hour
days she routinely spends on the Daily Report. She quite literally fits
the description "first to arrive, last to leave." In terms of the volume
of items received, the difficulty of the material and the high level of
consumer interaction required there is no more challenging position on
the Daily Report. That she has met these challenges by consistently
producing the largest and most competently assembled book on the Daily
Report is simply the result of the energy, effort and dedication she has
brought to the job.
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SUBJECT: Recommendation for Quality Step Increase -
4. Several examples of her distinguished performance include the
handling of the recent U.S.-Soviet Summit and the 19th All-Union Party
Conference. In both instances she assumed responsibility for the
publication of not only the regular edition of the Soviet Daily Report
but also the publication of a series of supplements on the two events.
On one occasion she oversaw the publication of the largest single Daily
Report volume ever published, consisting of 150 pages, while still
producing the regular edition of the book.
5. That las been able to maintain such a high level of
production and quality in spite of the pressure and demands of her
position, that she has been able to motivate her subordinates to raise
their level of performance, and that she has been able to earn the
respect of her colleagues in the process suggests a singular level of
accomplishment and dedication.
CONCUR:
Acting Chief, Operations Group
APPROVED:
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SUBJECT: Recommendation for Quality Step Increase -
Distribution:
Orig - D/FBIS (fwd to
1 - D/FBIS
1 - C/PB for 201 -
1 - AC/Ops
1 - FBIS Registry
1 - C/DRD
C/DRD/FBIS
C/OP/TRB)
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