COURSE REPORT, ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE REVIEW: TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS, NO. 59, 14 - 17 DECEMBER 1976

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
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Branch, Intelligence Institute
SUBJECT Course Report, Administration Directorate
Review: Trends and Highlights, No. 59,
14-17 December 1976
1. The four-day Administration Directorate Review:
Trends and Highlights was held
from 14 to 17 December. No major administrative problems
were encountered, and the stated objectives of the course
were fully met in the opinion of the course administrator.
An annotated course schedule is included as Attachment 1.
2. Student Participation
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Students were attentive and enthusiastic throughout
the course, and the quality of the questions they asked of
speakers was uniformly high. Despite wide disparity in
grade, age, and experience, the 43 individuals formed a
comfortable and cohesive group. Their cooperation with the
course administrator was excellent.
3. Student Evaluations and Suggestions
Most students felt that the course went well, and
many claimed that it afforded a valuable opportunity to look
at the work of their Directorate outside their own offices.
On a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 being "highly satisfactory,"
the class gave the course an average rating of 5.5 for
having achieved its stated objective.
Student comments and suggestions were generally
practical in nature (e.g., separate smokers from nonsmokers)
and quite useful. Many suggested that we abolish evening
classes. Some asked for more movies and more tours (such
as a tour of to break up long 25X1A
periods of sitting.
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Faced with a few rather uninspiring speakers, some
students suggested that speakers place less emphasis on
organization charts and more on the "trends in their offices
as the name of the course promises. Some also criticized
speakers for spending too much time on office personnel
(names and numbers) rather than discussing what each component
actually does.
4. Problems Encountered
No major problems were encountered in this running
of the course. We were unable to tour the Records Center
because it was undergoing physical reconstruction. We found
an excellent speaker to fill the void, but the absence of
the tour was keenly felt, and several students voiced their
unhappiness, both during the course and in their final
evaluations.
There were a great many speaker changes, some at
the last minute, and this naturally had a disturbing effect
on the students. Some privately asked the course director
if the speaker cancellations reflected a lack of interest in
this course by the office directors. John Blake, Deputy
Director for Administration, was scheduled to speak the
first day, but preoccupation with year-end;; Management by
Objective meetings plus work for the transition team for
President-elect Carter forced him to cancel. The students
were all disappointed that Mr. Blake failed to make it, 25X1A
despite an excellent talk by his substitute, --who
apologized no less than three times for Mr. Blake's absence.
Lastly, there was the problem of the Christmas
season. Many were anxious to leave early on Friday to
return to the Washington area for their office Christmas
parties or for other family Christmas obligations. Even
with the short afternoon on Friday (because of 25X1A
appearance earlier in the week), many spent their last hours
maneuvering to leave early; attendance and attitude the last
afternoon were less than ideal.
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5. Results of Changes and Innovations
The previous running was so successful that the
course administrator was persuaded to make few changes. We
initially dropped the session on Administration Management
Advisory Group (ADMAG) at the suggestion of the previous
course chairman, current Chairman of 25X1A
ADMAG, came to our office to discuss the matter, however,
and explained that, although a formal talk was unnecessary
and admittedly boring, ADMAG often profited from informal
discussions with individuals at social hour. We agreed to
give him the last 15 minutes of the afternoon on Wednesday
to explain what ADMAG was and to announce that he would be
available for informal talks at the social hour and dinner.
In place of the Records Center tour,
of the Office of General Counsel was asked to speak 25X1A
on the issues and problems created by the recent investiga-
tions of the Agency and the changing legal climate for CIA.
He was unquestionably one of the best speakers of the course,
a combination of an interesting and important topic and
excellent stage presence. Many students urged that he be
included as a regular in all future runnings of this course,
and we agree.
6. Future Changes and Innovations
For the next running of this course, we are
contemplating schedule adjustments but no major changes. We
would like to plan the visit to for an afternoon 25X1A
in the middle of the course to break up days of classroom
sitting. Construction at the Records Center will not be
completed until July, so for at least the next two runnings
we shall have to find a substitute. is an obvious 25X1A
choice, provided his schedule permits. Additionally, we
intend to preview our film holdings to find some other
movies which are pertinent to the course objectives.
7. Student Concerns
The only concern worthy of note expressed by the
students was the general division of employees into
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professional and nonprofessional categories. This topic
surfaced the first day, was discussed at length that evening
at the EEO session, and continued to be a source of conver-
sation and some good-natured teasing throughout the course.
All agreed that the term "nonprofessional" is pejorative,
and many felt that artificial groupings of people in this
way should stop.
8. A. compendium of class statistics is included as
Attachment 3.
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Attachments:
1 - Annotated Course Schedule
2 - Class Roster
3 - End-of-Course Data
4 - Student Evaluation
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Course Uicaber 1-77
(Fifty-i linth Running)
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Training Assistant
I eadcluarters Office- Room 92( CI--~anber of Commerce Building
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course Cbj ective
ii ,o 61,)j ective of this course is to us date
~~.reerists` grs.reness aria. riderstandin-
e curreiit activities, probla.s., acid trends
in the A(-.r-inistr Lion Directorate '?nd its
;o: _?xsriencs.
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TUESDAY, 14 , Dlecernber
9:00-10:00 Check in and Administrative Details
10;00-10:220
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10:20-10:40 Course Objectives
We will spend. a few moments talking
about the course objectives and what
you can look forward to during the
next four days.
10:50-12:15 Overview of the A?e1cy
- will review major trends in
the Agency in -past years, bring us up
to date on current changes, an4 give
us a glimpse of what we night expect
to see in the future.
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00 Readings:
The Orgaaiization of CIA
(Study Guide, !dugust 1976)
ODA I iistory and Functions
(:December 1975)
IJDA Personnel . ?i aia gement Handbook
(April 197.5)
Course Mninistrator
Intelligence Institute
Office of Training
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T`U SL?AY, 14 Jecciber (Conitiilaeu)
2:00-3:60 The Prese it and Future of Support'
john 'i Tom"
Deputy rector -
for Mn nist-ration
':ie deputy Lirector for Aklinistr'ation Office, DDA
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will preseriz an overv
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irectorate's basic structure and
=n1 1ary i:1issioms and functions.. _ 7rom
s? s unicrue perspective,' i r. Blake will
poilnt out the current 'issues or problems
that are affecting efforts A o serve and
su)port tine Agency. He will speculate
on pow taese develolxients :tight change .
,iA activities over the next decade. 25X1A
3 :15-4 15 Training for "T'oi sorrow
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Uepu y D for
of `:raining
Tile Office of Training plays a key role
U helping Agency personnel to maintain
_Jigh. perfor,:iance standards. The training
conducted by Oii, will be reviewed with
special euphasis on the classes that are
most LDA careerists. To this 25X1 A
en i, Wiliencourages your personal
questions a out,specific courses.
4:30-6:30 Social -Ioar and Dinner
7-00-3:30 Equal t .rployriicat Opportunity
'.is evening we will' discLtss. CIA's
drograii for assuri ig equal e ployrient
opport.;Liity, and the progress to date
towarc raising the level of ,.:inority
Specialist,
e:n ioymeiit. Of particular concern is
the role of all Agency supervisors in
aii1;dnatin g barriers to equality of
o-)_)ortui,ity j xi all aspects of CIA enploy-
nient. Ii'i addition, our panel will explain
the co. plaint systeza for t lose into feel
they have been discrirginated against because
of race, color, religion, sex, age, or
aati(xial origin.
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'T DN SDAY, 15 Lecer. ber
3J-9:3C Hitiancial Opp -rations
The job of a.niiiistering; finances
.is cosrplex and, 'given the increasing
pressures on the Federal 3overa bent
to acco nt for every dollar arid. cent,
accurate fii a.i'icial operations are
critically important. Our speaker
will discuss the now techniques, such
as co itputer auto Nation, used by Finance
to accoi tplislz dais aission.
9 645-10 e 4.S Lc istical Sup port
Dcjua.ty Director
Office of Fbiance
Deputy Director
Office of Logistics
Our speaker will describe the variety
of ? ser- ices provided by his office,
includ iisa the iotor pool, internal m ail
and courier systei.is, real estate procure-
n_;eat aid a:iamtenaxice, as well as printing
and photorap iic support. He will briefly
discuss Logistics' role overseas and
describe the office's efforts to econoalize.
i1:00-12:00 The Co:a uaterization. of CIA Clifford D. I1'ay, Jr.
Director, Office of
Data Processing
14r. i kdy will focus on-the computer ? s
far-reaching applications as an infor-..
illation processor, analytical tool, &id
i anagei lent aid. he will then describe ..
its office's role - vis-a-vis CIA's
co..ps L.AtQt systeias and explain how to
obtain data processii support.
Lm ich
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LNESDAY, 15 Decenber (Continued
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1,00-2:00 `records ;ana^er erat Pro ral:rs
ie - , In. on at ion
Cyste is Prralysis Staff
and panel: 25X1 A
:,,e t4=ency-wide records manage rent Records
rograr.is, directed by the Inforna.tion ministration Branch
yste:-.s Analysis Staff, involve a rnilti-
25X1 A phased process. v 111acqua.int Branch
you with these programs that include the
creation, use, maintenance, disposition, Archives and Records
.!sp)osal or preservation of records. Center
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2:15-2:45 Filra: Printer for Intelligence
r'n insure look at CIA's on printing
facility, this file shows the process
of turning, race copy into finished
,ublications. 25X1 A
CIA in Court
':C0-4:30 our.: Archives
(__1e' 9.? , 3~1fes
rand records ?;e1"A `
Office of General Counsel
,
-cars of the Archives and'Pe Office of the Director of
:enter 5raf-is, t. ill giv etfa behind- Central Intelligence
25X1 A Gile-scene view-0--491,4v- of the recorc:s
rw:.na: emc ror~rairs :iesctibec7.
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25X
~' : 30-6:30 Social Hour and ginner
7:00-3:30 FDA Support to Overseas Operations
panel of Senior FDA .and DUO officers
.dill explore the operational and
,.,;djainistrative support to overseas
stations provided by the Au-.,inistration
Directorate. This support, t.hich ranges
fror., i anagenient of overseas installations
to corn?rmications, will be illustrated
t'irouLh a discussion of actual cq.se studies.
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9:00-10:30" curity at I or:ae and Abroad Pobert V. Car.:bino
Director, O:._ ice...
of Security
SLcUI ITY ? . ; ,
The first three ' )resentations today" gill
focus on the challenging effort to r_?aintain
personal, hi sical, and technical securit
at : hor?e anti a roa
The Director of the Office of Security
will present abroad overview of his
Office's extensive responsibilities.
Of particular importance is Security's',
response to..international developuents;..
such as the threat of terrorism or .
assassination, which have had a serious
impact on the Agency's working enviror rie?t5X1A
10:45-11:X45.... Polygraph Operations
ePtFty
Po ySraph Branch,
Office of Security
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session we will review the. historica
research and development of, this
technology. and discuss its. Agency
applications.
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1:00- 2:00 Technical Counternieasures
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Technical Security
Division, Office
of Security
This hour we will see a demonstration
of the countermeasures used in the
effort to prevent, detect or neutralize
the efforts of hostile intelligence
services to penetrate T.Q.S. installations.
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4:15-3:15 P% y sical and Eiental Health
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Services, Office of
h-Medical Services
Chiet, Protessiona
The Office of tiedical Services operates
an extensive network of clinical, .
psychological, and psychiatric services 25X1A
at Ilmae and abroad. will
ilighlight -various face s o s vital
support Lo Agency people.
i-kr:ran Resource Ilarla.gerlent ?-F: T~..~ 3~ey
3:30-4:30
Di ceri toTPe se eT
Personnel people serve your career Chief of
4:30-6:30
7:00-8:30
needs from the time you enter on office of Personnel
duty until your retirement. Mr. Jariney
.,sill briefly survey lis Office's
responsibilities and discus:5 the
major poiicy decisions that have
changed personnel iaanagement in the
past few years.
Social Hour and Dinner 25X1 A
Freedom of Information and Privacy
~_.._ _~ ..
Acts
=1 e-T9 Irani orraation
and Privacy Staff
Both the Freedori of Information Act
and the Privacy Act have.had con-
siderable impact on P.m-ii ipal, state,
ano federal government ;operations.
Followina, a brief historical review
25X1 A of will" the Acts were legislated,
will discuss the consequences
for CIA. He will also explore some of.
the long-term problems for Agency
works ; methods and procedures..-
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FRIDAY, 17 Pecei.ber
COT I' NUCATIONS
Through this entire morning representatives
of-the-Office of Communications will acqu .int
you with CIA's vast communications network.
School of Communications
8:45-9:45 The presentations will begin with
an overview of the Office?s world-wide
4 4 (- t'cular interest are
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some of the new technologies being
employed to meet the rising demand Chief, Operations Division
for vital connunications during a Office of Communications
period of declining resources.
10:00-11:4-5 Following a brief description of the
in-depth training in agent and staff
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communications that is conducted by CaimiLu-ticat ions 'School
the School, you will have the Staff
opportunity to tour this modern School of Communications
and. technically advanced complex.
11:45-12:00
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:00
Lunch
whic
discuss
is applie
addition,
-.'Lenager.lent by OL j
support effort Ue wi
of the 1 -work together i
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Our final speaker will discuss
ways in which the eight separa,
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offices
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escribe
res as the theory
storate. In
woul
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a?re of particular interest o
cern to you.
2:00-3:00 Final "administration and Course Evaluation
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Spoke the first day
for Mr. Blake and
combined the two
topics.
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