(U) AGENCY REFORM PLAN PROPOSALS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06844758
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2020
• Case Number: F-2018-00999

Approved for Release: 2020/08/05 006844758
SEC T//NOFORN
(U) Agency Reform Plan Proposals
OMB Criteria
Action: Agile Structure
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(U) Description: Short explanation of the existing issue/problem the agency is trying to solve, the
proposed change, and rational
(U) Director Pompeo has reaffirmed CIA's new mission center operating model. The matrixed structure is driving
integration, reducing bureaucratic stovepipes, and increasing agility. Initiatives are ongoing to continuously
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the organizational structure.
(U) Category: Select primary reform category: Eliminate, Restructure/Merge, Efficiency/Effectiveness,
or Workforce Management (drop-down available)
(U) Efficiency/Effectiveness
(U) Mechanism: Select primary mechanism for change category: Statutory, Regulatory, or
Administrative (drop-down available)
(U) Administrative
(U) Time Horizon for Starting Action: Select: FY 2017, FY 2018, FY 2019, FY 2020, or Beyond
(U) Why: Projected outcomes both positive and negative (including drawbacks), affected stakeholders.
Cite evidence and evaluations where applicable.
FY 2017
(S//NF) The establishment of the Korea and Iran Mission Centers illustrates the Agency's ability to adapt quickly
to national security priorities. Director Pompeo has emphasized that Mission Centers are not necessarily
permanent and will be stood up, stood down, and reorganized in response to policymaker requirements.
(U) Costs and Savings: Projected implementation costs, savings and/or cost avoidance over five years,
as well as ten years where feasible
(U) Reallocating positions from management back to mission roles, filling critical shortfalls, reducing overhead,
and driving decisionmaking down closest to where the information is.
(U) FTE Changes: Enter the estimated FTE decrease or increase expected from the proposal.
N/A
(U) How: Implementation timeline and risks, including administrative challenges; capacity needs for
implementation; and any impacts on personnel, physical assets, and other agencies where applicable
(S//NF) Implementation began in FY 2017 through the streamlining of Mission Centers. This initiative is ongoing
as the Agency structure shifts in response to policymaker requirements.
(U) Performance Goals: At least one indicator the agency can use to track the proposal, along with a
target and implementation date.
(U) Mechanism Analysis: Analysis of underlying statutory, regulatory, and other legal authorities at
issue; litigation risk; and whether the proposal requires legislation or can be done administratively.
(U) Agency structure changes when Director, Deputy Director, and Chief Operating Officer deem necessary to
provide mission requirements; FY 2017 implementation with continuous re-evaluation.
(U) Administrative
(U) Implications for Other Agencies: Summary of how other agencies would be impacted, if at all.
(U) Scale: Incremental, Bold, or Transformational (drop-down available)
N/A
(U) Transformational
(U) Public comments: Note any specific public comment(s) that influenced proposal development.
N/A
(U) Proposal Status: Specify if the reform proposal is included in your FY 2019 IPBS or is a
crosscuting inititaive.
(U) In FY 2019 IPBS
CLASSIFICATION: SECRE/ //NOFORN
SECRET/ OFORN Tab 2 I Detailed Proposal Template
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