PERSONNEL EVALUATIONS, RANKINGS, AND PROMOTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00720R000100050070-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: September 4, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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4 September 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Policy and Planning Personnel
FROM : Director, Office of Policy and Planning
SUBJECT : Personnel Evaluations, Rankings, and Promotions
1. Because the functions of the different staffs of this Office are so
diverse, the task of establishing a representative and equitable career panel
system is a difficult one. Nevertheless, I believe that both Agency policy and
fairness require that we establish a panel system for OPP and that it can be
made fair by putting considerable care into the composition of the various
panels.
2. Initially, the Office will have three panels:
-- Senior Panel: Will evaluate GS-15 through SIS-3 employees and
recommend ran appropriate, promotion to the E
Career Board. --and I will be the members of this
Panel.
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for GS-14 and below professional The members of this
Panel will be Gordon Thorpe, Lavon Strong and
-- Clerical Panel: Will evaluate, rank, and recommend promotions
for all GS-7 and below clerical personnel. Will evaluate within
the Office GS-8 and above clerical personnel , and recommend--
through Director, Office of Policy and Planning romotions at
this level .ve Secretarial Panel.
and I will be the members of this Panel.
3. After receiving a memorandum from the DCI Administrative Officer calling
for evaluation, ranking, and promotion of specific grades, the appropriate Panel
will meet, review files, assign rankings, and recommend promotions. The entire
process will be in accordance with the procedures and precepts set forth in CIA's
Personnel Management Handbook of May 1981. The DCI Area Personnel Officer will
sit as ex officio member of all three Panels.
4. I believe that the Office of Policy and Planning should be staffed pri-
marily by professionals on rotation from CIA line organizations. For this reason,
I consider it an important responsibility to protect and advance to the extent
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possible the career interests of those selected to serve a rotational tour with
this Office. OPP Panels therefore will evaluate those on rotation for promotion
and, when appropriate and justified, will forward for my signature to the head
of the parent career services recommendations for promotion of officers on
rotation. No one assigned to this Office will be "out of sight, out of mind"
Distribution:
All OPP Personnel
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