IMPACT STATEMENTS - - REDUCTIONS TO FY-1980 RECOMMENDED LEVEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00688R000200090002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 27, 1978
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2001/08/07 :CIA-RDP84-006888000200090002-4
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SJBJFC?[' 1.rlpact Statements -? RQduct-~_cns to F~'-~L9~0
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~.. (U) This ~.s in xesno~!se to your x-eques t to submit ir~act
statements b}r Plan A, B and C far the Ofzice o# Persor>.ce divan to depa-rtan~ ~1;ency err~ployaes :pax seG':;n~~~.;zd abtainirA~
othex ermJ.oy;nent. the e-F_fect oF_ th-is is easy to appreczate.~~ ~'~,ost. ~~.ency
emplo} ees are oxiented sa intelsely to the Ag~~ncyr tha ~. t}i,~}- have l rt 41e
}~ia~vledge of external. job mar}:ets or ho!?r to acquire irtformution fox a job
seaxch. This is especially txue of versonnel [principally D~r~-ez?s, CC?!-L`~~~)
and many Support people) who have spent a major p~~rtion of their careers
oti-exseas and -tzndex covex; such pex-sons~el are not in very ~aad compatiti ~~e
positions to seek jabs effectively i?rit}xaut th.a preparation, ad~rice and
Q iidance g;_ven b}- RCE_~1D. E~`pexience has shoG?,n that m;zny persons t~~ixo ~:rex-e
bitter as the result of. being .Forced to leave CI_~, at times of}z:>r thazx their
chaosing had their attitudes to;,raxd the agency chan~ecl dra.ratzcalTy as tha
result of the assistance -received fxom }?C~rL. It should ~be expected that,
if this function z?rere to be eliminated, employees left to their aitirc dev~.ces
in. sears}ring for o thex jabs i?rould be un}iappy z;~ith the failure by tiie ~l;cSnc}r
to help them make t}:e bridge fxom a unigti=~ c~.xeer situation to the normal
Iabox max}:et. j'~re scold anticipate some attempts to~seek ]xi~her separation
allo~tiances ox' a libex?a1 pxogrGm of re-education ax "ratoa7.z.n", all at con-
siderable expense to the x'~gency.
Dropping the ~ Personnel positions mould also put a sex.i.aus cx?irlp
in the pre-retiz-em~nt counseling function (a~.so in nC~.-l$) . ibis function is
cax-xied on principally by officers detailed from other Directorates; but their
cJ.erical support is from one of the 4 positions to be eliminated, then get
their supex-vi.sion Exam Chief, RC~}3 (also one of the ~) n.nd sore aspects of
retirement counseling are carried cn by others of the 4 pasitions_
Droplning the 4 positia-~; mould force us to relocate else~~rhere the
function of xeplvin } to prospect; ve employer. s tivha ask infor;~,at~.an on agency
personnel ~t?:ha apply for jabs ar :?,ho see'_: to verify ~\~;cncy er;7ploy-ment.
2. Dx-oppi.~g -t~:-o pasitia - from the ~