MINUTES OF THE CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD 31ST MEETING, THURSDAY, 13 MAY 1954, AT 4:00 P.M. DCI CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

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• Publication Date: May 13, 1954
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33vt Meetings Thursday, 13 Mey 1954, at 4:00 P.M*
DCI Conference Rooms Administration Building
Present: Messrs. Lgaan B. Kirkpatrick, Inspector Generals Chairman
Matthew Baird, Director of Training, Member
25X1 Aga ty Chief, PP, Member
Alternate for DD/P, Member
DAD 0, Member
25X1 A AD/Cu uniaations, limber
Harrison G. Reynolds, AD for Personnel, Membcr
L. K. White A-DD/A, Member
25X1A9a , SA/SS/I, Alternate for DD/I, Member
25X1A9a
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Chief, Administrative Staff, DD/P, Guest
Guests 4 Members of Special Task Force on Evaluation;
lm The Board approved the minutes of the 30th meeting held 6 Mr 1954
without change,
2. The Board then turned to the proposed Fitness Report which had been
revised by the Task Force on Evaluation as an alternative to the previously
proposed Career Selection Report. The Chairman invited comments from the
Board regarding the forms. There was considerable discussion with regard to
whether or not the form should be shown to the employee being rated, with
comparisons being made to the military system of evaluaation. The Task Force
which had worked on the form had recommended that the form not be shown to
the employee. Members of the Task Force gave their opinions regarding this
25X1A9a particular aspect of the form and of the Assessment & Evaluation
Staff of the Office of Training was asked to sum up the feelings of the Task
Force regarding this problem and to advise the Board on some of the technical
and psychological problems involved. The Board finally decided that it would
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be made optional whether or not the form would be shown by the supervisor
to the employee who was being rated, It also directed that specific minor
editorial changes be made. It was determined that the content of the Fitness
Report was adaptable to coding for machine records and punching on ISM cards
and that the Report was also susceptible to scoring so that a numerical or
adjectival rating could be arrived at, should this be desirable. This could
only be done, however, after a lengthy process of validation had been cook-
pleted:. The Board accepted the form and tendered its thanks to the Task
25X1 A9a Force for its efforts. orand , dated 17 May 1954, from
entitled "Performance Ev uation" is attached in accordance with the request
contained in paragraph 3.0 of that memorarxinj
3. The Board then turned to consideration of the revised staff study
and Notice "Career Development of Junior Personnel", dated 4 May 1954.
There was now discussion daring which the matter of application by overseas
personnel came up, and it was decided that they could apply but could not
be accepted until their normal tour of duty was completed and they could
appear before the Committee for Career Development of Junior Personnel.
The Board approved the Notice attached to the staff study with minor cor-
rections, 4. The Board then considered the a CTraining, The areer Development
Position for
was approved for the period May 1954 through Jmse 19560
5. There was detailed discussion on the reorganisation of the present
CIA Career Service Board structure, the proposed CIA Career Council and, in
particular, the timing of the transition from the one to the other, This
discussion also involved the state of the policy decisions necessary to
implement the - proposal for the orientation of ell senior supervisors, planned
for 15 June in the Department of Agriculture Auditorimb Several proposals
for the resolution of the problems involved were made. On edth~ation ~atr3.ak Mr, 25X1 A9aite, as amended by
and Mr. Reynolds would seek a conference with the Director, at his earliest
conrenienoe, to discuss the question of the timing of the transition.
6. The Chairman announced that he was, acting as an individual and as
the personal appointee of the Director, submitting to the Director his resig-
nation as Chairman of the CIA Career Service Board,'
7. The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m. to met next at the call of the
Chairman.
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