SUPERGRADE PROMOTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R001400130009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 13, 1966
• Content Type: MF

9D/S 65-01-4
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M1w,0R, 17NDU 1 FOR: 1,us.ecutive Director -Co S"ptro11ed
SUBJECT : Supergrade Promotions
This memorandum Is .for information only.
2. In response to your memo -andum o 27 Cecembe. 1965, subject as
above, I am attaching a copy of the memorandum which established a special
panel to review proposed personnel actions at the suoergrade level within
DD/S. I am also attaching a short paper describing procedures fo lowed .
thin DO/S in recommending supergrade promotions actions.
L. Bannerman
A'Oeputy Dis'ecto r
for Support
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1: Memo for the Record dtd 10 Jan 66, DD/S 66-0173
2: DD/S PROCEDURE FOR SUPERGRADE PROMOTION ACTIONS
AEO-DD/S:WFV:ews (11 Jan 66)
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10 January 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Supergrade Review Panel
Effective this date a Supergrade Review Panel consisting of the DDS,
ADDS, and the DD/S Executive Officer is established to review, prior to
my submitting such actions to the DDCI for approval, all recommendations
for the promotion of Support personnel, or employees occupying Support
positions, to grades GS-16 and above, The Panel will also review, prior
to my concurring in such actions, recommendations involving the transfer,
reassignment, or other actions affecting supergrade employees in the
Support Directorate.
Deputy Director
for Support
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DD/S PR ( C: DU FOR SUPERGRADI is f ~ 'CTI F "TICI
G?NERAL
The Support Directorate comprises eight Career. Services--one for
geasral Support ilea sonnel including those in the Ozfice o.: the DD/S, end
a separate Service or each of the seven Offices In the Directorate. Hach
Career Service has its own allocation o=' supergracle positions.
Each Service also has a formally established Career Service Board
which, in the case ow the seven Offices, plays a p zt in the preliminary
selection of individuals recommended for promotion to GS-lb; and, for n S
careerists, proposes candidates on the basis o _ competitive r ankin.
REVIEW OF PROMOTIONS TO GS-i5
In selecting employees for promotion to CS-is, all Support Career
Services 'ollow a competitive ranking proccedure, using their Career Service
Boards for this purpose. For several years a 1 such promotions have been
subject to :review and approval by the DD/S who includes in his review an
assent of the career potential of each employee, and -particularly his
potefial for advancement to the supergrace ranks.
PROMOTIONS
Career Service Recommendations
The Support Career Service Boas:d, which is chaired by the DD/S ixecu-
tive Officer and includes the Director or Deputy Director of each Support
Offica, recommends the promotion of, `S' careerists to GS-;lei, based on the
conpetitive ranking of GS-15's In that Service.
Recommendations from the other seven Services follow somewhat less
Y:ormai procedures because the composition of their Boards and the nature of
the problem make it impractical to have the Boards initiate such actions.
Instead, in the smaller' Services (Medice.i, Personnel, Finance, and Training),
the Director and Deputy Director usually handle such recommendations thercm-
selves on an individual case basis; in Security and Logistics othe ? too official
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za~?ticipate on a selected basis; and in Communications a small Senio ' Officers
Review Pawe1 comprised of top ofiUcials meets at apvropriate late ?vale to
evaluate GS-15's competitively and recommend those to be promoted to GS-16.
With all seven Services, consideration is given to vast actions and evaluations
by their Boards which have a bearing on candidates for CS-t6.
DDS Action
All recommendations for promotion to CS-16 a .re eviewed by the DD/S
ecutive Officer, the ADDS, and the DDS before being presented to the DDCI.
PROMOTIONS TO GS-17 AND GS-t8
Because of the relatively small number o" supergrade allocations in the
Directorate at grades CAS-17 and CS-IS and the nature of the position each in
volves, recommendations at these levels are Initiated by the DD or by the
responsible OfIce Director in close coordination with the ODS. .l such
recommendations are reviewed by the DD/S Executive Officer, AIM, and
the S before being presented to the DDCI.
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