SUPPORT BULLETIN FOR INFORMATION OF HEADQUARTERS AND FIELD PERSONNEL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04724A000100010005-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 1999
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SUPPORT B4LETIN
FOR INFORMATION OF HEUARTERS
AND FIELD PERSONNEL
This document Is part of an Integrated
file. If separated from the file It must be
SECRET subjected to Individual systematic review.
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The Support Bulletin, to be published periodically, is de-
signed to keep ,,Headquarters and,Field personnel informed on
administrative, personnel, and support matters. The Support
Bulletin is not directive in nature but rather attempts to
present items which, in general, are of interest to all per-
sonnel and, in particular, of interest to those employees
occung various support positions. Suggestions and con-
struc ive criticism both Xeeadquarters and Field person-
nel are encouraged.
NOTE: - This Bulletin is for information only. It does
not constitute authority for action and is in
no way a substitute for regulatory material.
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LEGISLATION IN THE MILL
Several proposed changes to our
basic legislation have been sub-
mitted. No attempt is made here
to go into any detail, but a few of
the proposals which would result
in benefits to personnel are:
a. Allowances for employees at
foreign posts for the purpose of
rtturning their children to go to
'school or college.
b. A proposal for home leave
in addition to annual leave for
employees serving overseas. After
two yeari service abroad an em-
ployee would be entitled to five
working day!) leave for each four
months he has served abroad. Such
leave would be in addition to his
annual leave.
c. Authorization for the organi-
zation to pay a large part of the
cost of medical treatment of depen-
dents located abroad and the entire
cost where the illness or injury is
caused by the fact that the depen-
dent is located abroad.
d. A provision for earlier
retirement and larger retirement
benefits for employees who have
served :with the additional
on
benefits to be inirect proportion
to the length of their foreign
service and the time spent at
unhealthful posts.
Employees are cautioned that the
provisions included in the proposed
legislation are far from enactment
and are subject to modification or
even disapproval. We are, however,
taking all possible steps to obtain
maximum benefits for our personnel
serving overseas with special
emphasis on medical and health
benefits for employees and their
dependents.
TRAVEL REGULATIONS
It is eeoiz that the absence
t
ions
of appropriate travel regula
has created umerable" administra-
tive problems, especially for Over-
seas stations. We have been con-
fronted with many problems in the
development of travel regulations;
the most bothersome beings problem
of adopting by reference other travel
regulations, supplemented by certain
regulations of our own. This has
not proved to be satisfactory since
all interested personnel have not
had the referenced regulations in
their possession, and, in some
instances, our regulations conflict
with others. ~nsequently, we are
writing a complete set of travel
regulations which will govern our
personnel without reference to any
other regulations. Even so, there
will always be cases where certain
personnel may be governed by other
regulations, such as military details
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LANGUAGE INCENTIVE PROGRAM APPROVED
The Director has approved a
program under which organization
employees will earn fixed sums of
money for acquisition or mainte-
nance of ability to read, speak,
or write foreign languages. The
rewards for acquisition of skill
in additional languages will vary
with the level of competence
acquired and with the difficulty
of the particular language. The
program has,been under development
for some months under,,,,gjAidence
of t h Career Council.. Administravr
ive procedures and.deaile.
or`era"whiwill govern the
program are presently being
formulated .end will be published
soon.
'Asa companion to the system of
incentive pay for attainment and
retention of language competence,
the organization will undertake a
complete inventory of the current
langua ompetences off" rso~"
Ile_ i is e a question-
naiiiMich will permit all staff
personnel to record their estimate
?' ieir",own competence. Thereafter,
bf-
ge pro ci nc tessLL
store on a se eu ed basis
for the purpose of ascertaining the
actual level of competence of each
individual claiming proficiency.
This document is part of an integrated
file, if , 'em the file it b*
CAREER SERVICE PROGRAM
In the devdlopment and adminis-
tration%of a' Career Service Program
the need for many improvements in
=rsonne management has become
min hest. We are working toward a
planned and comprehensive training
program for the development of
career personnel, a system of
"directed" assignments (recognizing,,
of course, personal circumstances),
early notification to field personnel
of the next assignment, stabilization
and standardization of promotion
policies, and replacing fixed tables
of organization with flexible staffing
patterns.
CREDIT UNION FACIL PIE -.
All personnel are reminded,:.that
the facilities of the Credit Union
can be extended to field personnel.
This is an excellent service for the
deposit of savings, and, if a loan
is essential, the Credit Union can
loan at reasonable interest rates to
employees who are members. The facili-
ties of the Credit Union are available
to employees after investing-?9.=
for one share (deposit) plus a
fee. The Finance Officers and Adminis-
trative officers can provide the forms
and information necessary to Credit
Union membership, deposits3and loans.
In real emergencies, loans can be
xequisted and authorized by cable
(to be followed by dispatch of required
forms).
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SUGGESTION ATARI7S PROGRAM
All employees are encouraged to
participate in the Suggestion Awards
program. Civilian employees whose
ideas are adopted are eligible for
,A -to
awards ranging from
and those whose ideas are exception-
ally meritorious may receive up to
000. Employee suggestions sub-
mitted should include the following:
a. Description of the present
practice, method, or problem.
b. Details of the change that
is suggested,, and where and how it
can be used.
c. Benefits to be derived from
its use*
d. Name, job title, and grade
of suggester.
e. Comments of employee's
supervisor including recommendation
for approval or disapproval.
Awards for adopted suggestions
with intangible benefits are based
on a scale which gives consideration
to the degree of benefit and the
extent of application. Award
amounts for suggestions resulting
in tangible savings are determined
in accordance with the following
scale in which savings are usually
those estimated for the first full
year of operation following adoption:
Savings Amount of Award
/10 for the first 200.
in savings and 5 for
each additions )$100
or fraction thereof.
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1,001- $/ 'SO for the first A.,000
100000 in savings and:$5.for
each additional-$200 or
fraction thereof.
10,001- x','2275 for the first
100,000 X10,000 in savings and
'5 for each additional
1,000 or fraction
thereof.
100,001- / 1725 for the first
or more 4100,000 in savings and
5 for each additional
5,000 or fraction
This document is part of an inf9grated
file. If separated from the file it must ha
sabjacted to individual systematic review.
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CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
(This is the first of a series of articles on the
liberalized Civil Service Retirement (CSR) Act.)
General Re irements for New
CSR Benefits
You must have had at least five
years of civilian service either to
retire or for your family to be paid
CSR survivor benefits. If you leave
with less than that amount of service,
you'll be paid the balance in your
CSR account in a lump sum.
disability retire-
han
For other
ment, you also must have been employed
under the CSR Act for at least a year
out of the last two years preceding
your final separation.
Your high-five average salary is
used as a key factor in computing
your annuity. It is the highest
average nnuaisalary produced by
your basacT sa ary rates in any `five
consecutive years of service. In most
cases, it will be the last five.years.
Within-grade promotions are a part of
basic salary but overtime and allowances
are not.
Length of service is computed by
adding-up all periods of civilian service
plus any creditable military service.
Length of service does not include any
period for which you were paid a refund
of CSR deductions or deductions under
some other retirement system unless
you redeposited the refund with interest.
Ceiling on annuity: Your basic
annuity can't be more than 80 per-Cent
of your high-five average salary. If it
works out to a higher figure, simply use
the 00 pet cent as your basic annuity.
Retirement Options Wide --
ging on Age
You must retire at 70 if you have
15 years of service. If you have less
than 15 years when you reach 70, you
must retire when you complete the
15?Zgars. The Civil Service Commission
G has authority to waive the manda-
tory retirement provision: for all em-
ployees except presidential appointees,
whose retention requires action by the
President himself. The authority is
seldom used because reemployment after
retirement is now so much easier.
You have the option of retiring on
immediate annuities under these condi-
tions: At age 62 after five years of
service; at age 60 after 30 years; and
at age 55 after 30 years.
In addition, you can retire on an
immediate annuity if you lose your job
through no fault of your own a
after 25 years of service, or a age j0
after 20 years.
If you're totally disabled for service
in the position you occupy, you can retire
on an immediate disability annuity after
five years of service.
Finally, if you have five or more
years of service and leave.for any reason
before you are eligible for an immediate
annuity, you may keep your money in the
CSR fund and be paid a deferred annuity
at age 62.
NOTE: The next issue will contain infor-
mation on how to compute your annuity.
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PER DIEM EXCEPTION
Several PCS returnees from over-
seas posts in submitting their travel
ivouchers have included c airis r
fir, a day per diem for por'on
of the travel occurring tour country.
These claims are no doub made because
*Py,is the rate normally applied for
travel in our country. However.,
regulations further provide that a
maximum rate of per diem is payable
for travel in our country by airplane
or train when the traveler is en route
to or from an overseas post.
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