LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ALAN K. CAMPBELL FROM FRANK C. CARLUCCI

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• Publication Date: December 28, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable Alan K. Campbell
Director
Office of Personnel Management
Washington, D.C. 20415
Dear Scotty,
I am responding to your letter of 4 December to Stansfield Turner
relative to the influence of the Civil Service Reform Act on personnel
The-extent ent to -which- the v -ions provisions-of thn hatl
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influenced changes ih. i"s personn44 graces has been, to- date- ;--mostly
the area of -the Senior --Executive.:-Service.
As I advised you on 5 October 1979, a Senior Intelligence Service (SIS)
was inaugurated within the Agency as of 1 October. The SIS is designed to
provide, eventually, a total executive development and personnel management
system through which we may effectively insure the perpetuation of a highly
qualified corps of executives to carry on the Agency's work both in the
present and for the future. As the SIS program was commenced less than three
months ago, it is difficult to make any definitive and meaningful judgments
on its effectiveness. L-deubt that we will be able to make
such assessments until after the first~cyclefof performance appraisals and
awards evaluations have been completed, Re- ~ e?
?recperencing "growing" -pains in such,,=as as the development of
verformangg. tandards and awards criteria. -However, our hopes; are high that-
we-will b.e.:..a1 1e to establish suitable support systems to make SIS succeed as-
envisioned
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,1-wish?-to imply. from tthe-above - t-5"-that.SES is- the only
provision of the CSRA.with which-we-ave concerned. Title I - Merit System
Principles and Prohibited Personnel Practices
and-have been for many years, contained in our Agency regulations essentially
as provided in the Act. In the area of Performance Appraisal, we have had
an ongoing study for the past several years which resulted in what we believe
to be a more refined and definitive tool for recording employee performance.
With some modifications to(relate directly performance and pay (in the case
of SES), we were able to utilize these efforts in the spirit of both Title II-
Performance Appraisal and Title IV - SES. Also, we are applying the provisions
of Title III - Staffing cQnoaxcdk--wii:thh-duel - -limitations for retired-members
t termed--ter-v.ices.and Title VIII - Grade and Pay Retention.
Af4r finally, we are now in the process of evaluating the provisions of
Title V - Merit Pay for GS-13-15 Supervisors and Managers to determine if
CIA should adapt similar features within its own appraisal and pay/awards
program. It is our intention to draw heavily on the experiences of other
Departments and Agencies, including your own, in makin such judg meats.-~- a,
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Our ta xas "benefited rom{ the various conferences held by OPM on
the features of the Civil Service Reform initiatives and we are particularly
appreciative of the assistance provided by individual representatives of OPM,
-particularly in the SES area.
As reflected above acs, CIA is strongly committed to the
spirit and intent of the CSRA provisions.
Sincerely,
Frank C. Carlucci
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The Honorable Alan K. Campbell
Director, Office of Personnel
Management
Washington, DC 20415
Dear Scotty,
I am responding to your letter of December 14th to Stansfield
Turner. Civil service reform has had a significant impact on our
thinking as an organization.
First, the Senior Intelligence Service, which we implemented
on 1 October 1979, is modeled after the Senior Executive Service
even though it has some important differences from the SES.
Second, as a result of our deliberations on the Senior Intel-
ligence Service, we have developed a much more ambitious executive
development program and I have high expectations for it.
Third, although we had a reevaluation of our Fitness Reports
under way, civil service reform gave added impetus to our work.
We implemented a revised performance appraisal review in September
which contains all of the elements that are part of performance
appraisal in the civil service reform initiative.
Lastly, we are continuing with our study of merit pay. In this
area, I think we can benefit from the experience of other agencies and
we will be observing their implementation of merit pay in 1980. Here
again, we have the autonomy to modify merit pay to our organizational
needs and we may very well find it in our best interests to do so.
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Our staff has benefited from the various conferences held
by OPM as we studied the civil service reform initiatives. OPM
has been responsive to our needs and I appreciate your inquiry.
Sincerely,
Frank C. Carlucci
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