CIA Reading Room cia-rdp75b00514r000100080009-9: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DIVISION, OCS

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Approved For Release 2002/08/06: CIA-RDP751300514f2000100O800(4Ju 9 AUG 1972 MEMOP.ANDTJM _WOR.: Deputy Director for. Support SUB:.r-'' GT= Aian~ge;.rze,xt Support Division, OCS J. The suggestion to transfer the Management Sup port Division, OGS, to the Support Directorate has larger i.mpl.icat;;011. , To date the. A)-)P world has been sufficiently esoteric that the expertise has tended to stay within ADP centers. This has incl ud ,d the designers and programmers as well as the machine tech.tli.,i;vnc'-, As the ADP world beco,ncs a more normal part of our life, there is a certain justice in having the programmer and the designer loc_~t.-d with the actual users in order to improve communication a,.xd L,nrler-. standing as to the precise programs and designs desired. At ti_1: same time, I believe it important that we maintain certain cluz.l'ilti~e standards for these designers and progranzrzners, in order that tilei r work need not be repezrtec_E within the ADP centers, We accorro)iis i this in such fields as finance, contracting, security, etc., by assigning qualified technicians in these fields to the using coax ronc ti.:: but maintaining a central discipline as to their professional qu;`?bfi -E,.tien..;, 2. I certainly have no objection to your discussing this transfer with the DDSR. T. At the same time, I hope that whr.3.texrEr con elusion you reach will be reviewed by the Information Proce >si tig bard as to any Agency-wide inons it I-1-light have, and a solution v`!'` l_.c developed for the problem of maintaining proper prog:raxxx:i,.er _in 1 designer qualific:ations vrbile assigning the;-n to using conipozlen s? i Would also hope to see so:nle way of ensuring that sirnil.a skill. , is different corn.poneni:s receive the same career potential in tero-~; of prornoti.ons, etc. , and we not allow a c,ariC tr of levels to #, ?nr,, cr WEC AV. Colby cut:ive I ircc'or-C;otrt~li7 r if1 cc: 1)L)S: r t/ Approved For Release 2002/08/06 : CIA-RDP75B00514R000100080009-9