MINUTES OF THE CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000500030003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 19, 1952
• Content Type: MIN

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NINUT S
OF TM
CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD
3rd Me sting,, Wednesday, 19 November 1952, at 4:00 P.M.
DCI s Conference Room, Administration Building
?resent: Walter Reid Wolf, DD/A, Chairman
Robert Amory, Jr a,, Acting DD/I
James M,: Andrews, AD/CD
25X1A9a Matthew Ord, D/TR
25X1A9a Acting Chief of Operations
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25X1A9a ef, FT
f cecutive Secretary
Reporter
14 The minutes of the second meeting of the CIA Career Service
Bo r'd, held 17 October, were approved.,
24 Ths minutes of the second meeting of the Review Committee
of the (;!A, Career Service Board, held 12 'November 1952, were noted
for the record.
3,, The Ch .man reported on his discussions v th the Directcr
concerning the }3ortor Awards Program. Asa result of decision of the
Board taken at the second meeting on 17 October, that portion of the
pprr;~~;r. pin ha=ring to do v .th longevity had been withdratxn and referred back
+,o the Working Group on Honor Awards, -in.th instructions to revise the
longE. vi :y system in accordance, with paragraph 4 of the minutes of the
,second meet t ngo The report of the Wor'irag Group, dated IF November 1952.,
showing that this had been done, was distributed to the members of the
Bo;~a d., With respect to the proposed medals for valor and .for achieve=,nt.,
the Director had decided that he was willing at this time to ask for the
establishment by `.cecuti Order of only, oon"-- medal a.rard for CIA. Conse=-
quent a riew ' ecutive Order had been dr?aited by the Working Group,
el.i. a1na ,ir 6 all r a1erence to CIA a This was now being coordinated. by the
General. Counsel of t;,- e Bureau of the Budget,, prior to tranusmiss:6.on to the
President: The mea L. mhlch will probably be celled the National 3ectu' ty
I}iedai for Distinguished Service, would be awarded for the highest type
of ser .cc in intelligence,, whether in the field of gallantry or in the
f'iel.d of achiever. nt,
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haw it was noted that negotiations for a contract, being carried
out by th~ CGneral Counsel and the Comptroller with Group Hospitalization,
fr^c g we s proceeding; satietfactorilyw
5,. In connection with the Personnel Evaluation Program there was
di.; ewsion of the establishment of an Agency wide policy of whether to show,
or not to show, the Personnel Evaluation Report to the person being
It u ,*.3 pointed out that in some Of f4 ces, showing the form w
-~,odatory w h e in others the form was not supposed to be shown. It wa3
rn idai cry, however, throughout the agency that the evaluation be discussed
tw e 6 he srlper i.sor and the employee. It was agreed that the present
V,-ojId stand .for the time being until nrc experience had been
g :Uiet. ~d, o g. whet ;er the form shall be shown or not shall be optional
with t o Z=~.-eral echelon and components of the Agency.
6e. I -1V- was noted that the >rWorking Group on Hazardous Duty had been
or? anized find had held several meetings, but had made no firm reco.iendatione
ao~ e? ..
7, i F was x co ye.d that the Personnel Office was making progress on
cocrd- nat-Lng a Promotion Policy with representatives of the five chains
of car. .ate:.:
The Board considered the Staff Study from the Chairman of the
Pro''oosior?ai Selection Panels, dated 17 November, and discussed in detail the
dz.,.16~a.fss r: ponsi hxilities and rrocedeares that would apply to the Panel.
Co'alon9I 5.l.rd proposed a three point directive (see attached) Mich the
Bcarc3. t eta" d trans.-1t, to the Panel. The Board agreed that this directive
sh uid be i.t3sued U
9 Colonel Baird distributed collies of a nronosed regulation gove::icing
r.r ntng in basic intelligence matters of all new employees., He also
d . ~t.r?iP t.rf : ? copies of a proposed curriculum which had already been coordirmted
rawi t,h tl-a 75,/1, T? e Board agreed to refer the draft of the regulation to the
7,0/1 d the Director of Training for consideration of the details of
is olem ntir,g this already approved policyQ The Board agreed to take final
action on their reconn :ndation at its next meetings
10: ti_scussPeon of f4Probb1 ::ns of the Career Service Program",, dated
17 Nov~mh: -.,, vas postponed,,
1.1, The neeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m., to reconvene at the call of
Ch it r aana
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Att'acih?ieilt r' tecu flsi` v Secretary
Mist: I1er bers, CIA Career Service Board
Chr: np Office Career Service Boards
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