THE CAREER SERVICE OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2000
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• Publication Date: May 7, 1954
• Content Type: REGULATION

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THE CAREER SERVICE
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7 May 3954
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1fl General 5o Responsibilities
2., Definitions 6o Career Selection Report
3c Pollvr 7o Procedures
Organization of the CI.A Selection
Board and Pane=l of Facaminere
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This Reguli+Aeynx est? tLishes the Greer Service of the Central Intelligence
Agency effective I July 1954 and prescribes related policies, responsibilities
and px oced'ares., Membership in the Career Service will be limited to Staff
Employees and SUVA Agents who are eligible for consideration in accordance
with the provisions of this Regulation.
2 DF.F'I MITL 3S
a; The "Career Service of the Central Intelligence Agency" is a group of
carefully selected and trained individuals who accept an obligation to
devote themselves to the needs of the Agency, and who have the expectancy
of a career with the Agency,,
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b, "Trial service period" consists of the first year of service in the CIA
or after 18 September 1947j, the official date of the establishment of
the Central Intelligence Agency0
(2) Absence on leave with pay;
(3) Absence on leave without payvhich does not exceed 22 days in the
aggregate within a calendar year; except that absence on leave
without pay for Agency.-sponsored outside training will be fully
counted,
e0 "Active service",, for the purpose of 2c above may,, at the discretion of
the CIA Selection Board, include service in the Agency while on military
detail,, or military service if the employee left the Agency during the
provisional period to enter the Armed Forces.
3, POLICY
a. The Career Service of the Central Intelligence Agency will consist of
personnel selected from among Staff Employees and Staff Agents, Personnel
selected for membership will be afforded within the framework of applicable
vice and will include any of the following periodst
(1) Active service,, from the effective date of entrance on duty,
d0 "Active service" for the purpose of 2c above,, need not be continuous 8er-
an defined in P
Provisional period" consists of three years,, active service in the CIA
which is a prerequisite to consideration for membership in the Career
Service of CIA.
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Zags preferential crnsideration or opportunity to advance their eareers
in the CIA by utilizing the benefits and facilities now and hereafter
provided for members of the Career Service including promotion, tenure,
training, rotation or assignment, and other programs designed to im.
prove their value to the Agency,
b, Personnel who are accepted for membership in the Career Service of CIA
will have the obligation to serve anywhere and at any -time and for any
kind of duty as determined by the needs of CIA and they are assured that,
in order to carry out this policy of the Career Service, full consideration
will be given tr their particular capabilities, interests and personal
ci.rcura tanc es 0
co The selection process will rncompas:? the evaluation and development of
each Staff Jnpioyee and Staff Agent daring his provisional period In
this manner, tie individualOs abilities, capabilities and deficiencies will
be eva.b ted in order to determine his suitability for selection into the
Career Sep-vice of CIAO The selection process will include these stages
of employer evaluation and developments
(1) A review and determinatic of each individualee suitability for
continued Agency employment prior to the expiration of the trial
period, in accordance with. R-
(2) The preparation of such Career Selection Reports are as heroin
prescribed
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(3) A review of each application for selection into the Career Service
of CIA after the individual concerned gains eligibility for consi-
deration by completing the provisional period?
(4) The provision of continuing instruction and developmental guidance
and 1ssi.str nce to each individual thrc ighout the provisional period
in order that he may demonstrate his suitability for membership in
the Career Service of CIA and to eliminate or eattsfactorily resolve
any deficiencies*
d, Consideration for selection into the career service of CIA will be based
upon formal application by eligible personnel. Those who fail. to make
application or whose applications are not accepted will continue to possess
the benefits accorded to U4 S. Government employees by law, including the
Veterans Preference Act as amended, in additions, they will receive the
benefits deriving from Agency employment, except those benefits or advan-
tages expressly reserved to ambers of the Career Service,
ea If an individual applies for membership in the Career Service of CIA and is
not accepted, he will be informed of the reasons for the rejection and he
will. be given assistrinces and guidance in order to correct or eliminate the
causes of his rejection and to have an opportunity to demonstrate his
suitability for future application and selection into the Career Services,
f? Each Staff Employee and Staff Agent eat duty as of 1 July 1954 who has three
year of active service in the CIA will be accepted into the Career Service
of CIA without further review, upon receipt of his completed application,
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Each Staff Fmployyee and Staff Agent on duty as of 1 Ju1y 1195 who has
less than three years of active service in the CIA will be accepted into
the Career Service of CIA without further review upon completion of three
years of active service in the CIA and upon receipt of his completed
applicationo No application will be considered if formal action is
pending which may lead to termination of the individual's employment,
1 GFOANIZATI(V OF ME CIA SE,LECTIC! BOARD AND PANEL OF EXAMINERS
a4 CIA SELECTICM' BOARD
(1) The CIA Sete ticca Board is established and will consist of one
voting member and one alternate member from each of the six major
components, Appointments win be made for a fiscal year by the
Director of Central Intelligence.
Agency officials appointed to
the Board ivy be reappointed, however, at the expiration of their
period of service, The Assistant Director for Personnel will servo
as the Chairman of the CIA Selection Boardo
(2) The CIA Selection Board will be provided a Secretariat consisting
of a fullm-time Executive Director and such other administrative
and clerical persorwnel as are required by the Board, The Executive
Director will function under the direction of the Assistant Director
for Personnel,,
b, PAYS CF FXCAMINEF
(1) A Panel of Examiners is established and will consist of members of
the Career Service of CIA,, US-14 and above.
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(a Each Career Component in the Agency will have proportional
representation on the Panel based on its personnel strength
as of the beginning of each fiscal year, At least one member
will be named to the Panel from each Career Component..
(b) Members of the Panel of Examiners will be appointed by
the Director of Central intelligence from among those
nominated by the Career Components for a fiscal year
period after he has received the recommendations of
the CIA Selection Board,
(2) Examining Panels, convened in individual cases pursuant to this
Regulation, will consist of three voting examiners selected by
the Executive Director0
E taminers will be chosen in a manner
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The Executive Director or his desi&1ee will serve as nonvoting
chairman on each Emining Panel,
5. RFSPCNSIBnITIES
a, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PEP-SCNN G
The Assistant Director for Personnel is responsible for directing the
selection program herein established and will ensure that the program is
ac nistered in accordance with personnel policies of the "geneyo In order
to achieve these purpoaess he is responsible for furnishing advice and
guidance to the CIA Selection Board and for recosncnending to the Director
of Central Intelligence such additional policies and prooecLres as he may
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consider necessary? The Assistant Director for Personnel is responsible
for notifying employees who satisfactorily complete their trial and pro-
vi eionA]. periods and for advising eligible personnel of their opportunity
to apply for selection into the Career Service of CIA,
CIA SEILEOTICH BOARD
The CIA Selection Board is responsible for formulating appropriate criteria
for selection into the Career Service of CIA and for performing the
activities assigned to it as specified in this Regulation.
co PANEL OF EXAMINE
Subject to the direction of the CIA Selection Board, the Panel of Ex.
aminers is responsible for perfoz idng the activities assigned to it as
specified in this Regulation,
d., SUPERVISO1
(1) Immediate supervisors are responsible for completing Career Selection
Reports an employees under their jurisdiction and for recommending
that such employees either be retained in Agency employment or be
separated from CIA prior to the expiration of their trial period or
at any time thereafter,, Supervisors next in line will sign Career
Selection Reports.
(2) Immediate supervisors are primarily responsible for assisting and
instructing employees under their jurisdiction to eliminate any
general weaknesses or specific deficiencies in performance detected
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during ,their trial period. Immediate supervisors are also respon-
sible for assisting employees who have completed their trial period
to overcome any inadequaoies that might prevent their eventual
selection into the Career Service,
e0 HEATS OF CURE COMP( VENTS
Heads of Career Components are responsible for reviewing and commenting
on the recommendations of supervisors specified in d above and for
referring appropriate cases to the Assistant Director for Personnel
for further review and action as herein described,
6, CAREER SELECTICIN REPORT
ao The Career Selection Reports Form No., 370189 (Attachment A), will be
used to evaluate Staff Employees and Staff Igent:s during their trial and
provisional periods.
b0 Career Selection Reports will be executed for each Staff Employee and
Staff Agent upon the completion of the following periods of service from
the, effective date of their entrance on duty:
(1) Nine months4 services
(2) Twenty-one monthea service, and
(3) Thirty-three months6 service.
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a. E'VALUATICNS WRING THE PROVISIONAL P OD
(1) Career Selection Reports will be prepared for each Staff Empaoy
and Staff Agent in accordance with paragraph 6b (above)
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(2) If in conjunction with the preparation of these Reports separation
appears necessarys action will, be taken in accordance with existing
Agency procedures
b. f PPLIC' TTCN FOR SELECTION IN THE CA PEER SERVICE OF CIA
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Upon the completion of the three-year provisional period,, an indi-
vidual is entitled to make application for membership (Attachment
B) in the Career Service of CIA unless formal action is pending which
may lead to termination of the individual's employment. Failure to
apply for membership in the Career Service at the end of the pro-
visional period does not bar the individuates right to make future
application. The effective date of selection into the Career Service
will be either the date of application or the completion of the
provisional period at the discretion of the CIA Selection Board
(See Section (4) (d) below).
An offici l notification of an employWa eligibility to apply for
membership will be forwarded by the Assistant Director for Personnel
to the individual concerned. The individual will be required to
make application or to rep9.y by me(-randwn stating that he does
not desire to become a member of the Career Service of CIA.
bpplica.tions will be forwarded by the individual through official
channels to the Heads of the Career Component concerned,,
Determinations of the. suitability of Staff Employees and Staff Agents
will be processed as folalowe :
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~a) The Head of the Career Component concerned will review the
application and obtain the ctmamenta of the appropriate Career
Service Board if such comments are desired. He will forward
the application together with his recommendation to the
Executive Director of the CIA Selection Board,,
(b) Upon receipt of the application, the Executive Director will
assemble all available do nimentntion pertinent to the case
and will convene an Examining Panel to consider the applicntioi0
(c) The Excmining Panel will considar 912 pertinent infomativn
concerning the employee, including information furnished by
the Office of Personnel,, Security Office, Office of Training,
.Medical. Staff and the components having ndtninistrntive and
career jurisd1.ctie over the individual" If necessary, the
Panel may request further iifonnat crt from the offices con.
cernad0 The Examining Panel will interview the individual
And, if desired, his supervisor or other Agency employees
Responsibility for interviewing applicants GS-6 and below
may be delegated by the CIA Selection Board to the (lead of
the Appropriate Career Component,
(d) If the individual is ov+ersens at the time he becomes eligible
for membership in the Career Service of C114, the interview by
the Examining Panel and the consequent decision on the acceptance
of his application for membership in the Career Service will be
deferred until he is physically available in Headqusrterr0
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If the Head of a Career Component requests consideration of
an individualae application prior to his departure overseas,
he may be interviewed by an Examining Panel at any time
following the successful completion of the second year of
his provisional period. If the employee is recommended for
membership at that time, his membership in the Career Service of
CIA when finally approved will be effective as of the completion
of his provisional periods
(e) The Examining Panel will recommend to the CIA Selection Board
either that the employee be appointed to the Career Service
of CIA or that his selection be disapproved,
(f) The CIA Selection Board on behalf of the Director of Central
Intelligence will take formal action an the recommendation
of the 'Examining Panel,
(g) When the finding of the CIA Selection Board is in disagree-
ment with that of the Head of the Career Component, this fact
shall be reported to him,, He may either accept the Board's
decision or refer the case, within ten working day:, for final
decision by the Director of Central Intelligence
(h) The Assist-int Director for Pereonnell will. officially notify
the ind'_vidual of the action of the CIA Selection Board and
will pLice a copy of its determination in his official Z errs-onnel
Folder,
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CAREER SELECTION-REPORT
This form is being revised by a special Task Farce at
the directLan of the CIA Career Service Boards and should be
available for the meeting of 13 May 1950
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APPLICATION FOR fMMFRsHip
In The
CAREER SERVICE
Of The
CENTRAL Iti T.i LLIG . CE AG # % )Y
To the Director of Central Intelligence
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I submit herewith my application for membership in the Career Sorvire
of the Central Intelligence Agency as defined belt a
"The Career Service of the Central Intelligence Agency is a
group of carefully selected and trained individuals who accept an
obligaytio to devote then selves to the needs of the Agency, and who
have the ea tancy of a career with the Agency,"
In accordance with this definitions, I desire to devote r eLf to the
faithful pearfca race of duty in the Central Inta1]igences Agency,, and I accept
the obligations and conditions of that services which are deter rained to be
essential to the furtherance of its mis,1ono
I am aware of the many restricticna necessarily placed upon me by
virtue of the security requiz=ents inherent in my s.nplaymont by the CzntrtI
Intelligence Agency. I am also aware that as a member of the Career xexrvice,
it will be my obligation to serge an; where and at any time and for any kind
of duty as doter lined by the needs of the Agency, ecnd I have be in assured
that in.order to carry out this polley?, full consideration win b gives
to my particular capabilities, Interests, and personal circumstances,, By
virtue of this npplientjon for membership and upon my acceptance in the
Career Service, I am assured that sahedaled and cr tinuing coraside atlc
win be accorded n pez onnl progress during my tenure In the Career Service
and that I shall be entitled to the benefits now available or to be made
available in the future, to members of the Career Service of the Central
Iratell,igence Ageric;/o
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