Present; 

Majo:r Jont~s 

Lt. Sulli,1an 

Lt. Elwood 

tr. Sinkov. 

lo PROMOTIONAL !Q'I'ION 

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CIV ILlft N Ert.PLOYr:ilJ•:NT BOAl{L 

&anutes of Meeting Held 

13 July 1946, Room 11? 

Heaaque:rters 

tr. Kullback 

.Mr. Rowlett 

Mr. Klemm 

N.r. Starlin 

In orcer to clear up the question of the validii:.y of the •1llocstiC'n of 

positions baaed on the questionnaires completed by civilians some time ago, 

Mr. Starlin stf.ted that if the questionnaire gave a true deE>c:.."iption of the 

job, the allocstion is valid and w1ll not be altered by desk 11uciting of the 

job. If the questionnaire was incorrect, er if the cc;mplexio.1 of the job 

has changed, a desk aucit of the job by the classification analyst w8y result 

in a change in allocation. ~lr. Sterlin stated that a memorandum harl been 

published to the effect that Colonel Hayes has granted divisi1m chiefs, or 

cow.parable authority, the authority to approve prorrotione.1 action and that 

Personnel and 'J'raining Branch will honor such requef!ts for promotion without 

further desk audit from Claseificatio'l'l and '!':'age Administration Section. 

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2. PROMOTIONS OF rt.R. JAMES H. tGU{j!.AS ,At;i!L~~R. FRA?U: ft.t!STlN_, J?.,1'~CURITY lJIVlSlON 

Mr. Starlin presented the cases of il.r. Douglas a.no f.ir. i\u::;t:in, both of 

Security Division, end stated that action has been requested on the promotion 

of ~1r. touglas from a Research Analyst, P-5, to Research Anal:rst, P0 6J and on 

the promotion of Mr. r·rank Austin, ResParch Analyst, p ... 4, to Hesearch Analyst, 

P-5. It is a Civil Service regulation that·all occupants of .he grades of 

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P0 2 and higher be in grade for one year before they are eligible for pro111otiono 

Neither of thPse employees meets this requirement.o H.cwever, ~iuch proir.ot,ions 

may be approvee prior to this time by the Agency if the person involved meets 

the competitive sta~dar-ds of the grade and is the best qualif~ed and available 

person in the Agency for the positiono It was recomruenoed by the Board that 

in order to determi.ne whether or not Mr. touglas enc Mr. Auat:·.n were the best 

qualified perscns to fill the positions in question, a survey Qe made of all 

personnel thro~ghout the Agency in the graces of Pm4 and abovo who are ~vailabl~, 

and that a selection should be made only after every individuc•.l available a:nd 

qualified fort.he jobs is consideredo As soon as this inform~tion is obtained, 

a special meetfop, of the CiviJ isn Employment DOA rd will be ca~led. In -C.he mean.-. 

tim~, the cases of t:.r. Douglas and rl.ro Austin will be shelVf~d. 

3. APTITULE TI.STING 

Mr. Sterlin stated that a star~ stucy or. the subject of A~titude Testing 

has been rr.ace and will be circulated to the members 01· the Bo.-1rd. 

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4. POST POLICY ":!ITH RE.GARD TO PUBLICft.TION OF ARTICL1S BY fil,SI;.ARCP. PERSCNN:f'.;L 

Mr. Starlin stated that if the Army Security Agency reviews, for security 

violations, research papers that are to be published iri publicly available pub~ 

licetions, this Agency will be fully responsible for the publication of such 

articles. Col. Edgertor~ of War Departir.ent Bureau of Public Relations has indicated that all personnel will be governed by policies set forth in "'er Department. 

Circular Noo 62, Release of ~ilitary Information. If there is any doubt in the 

mind of the reviewing authority at the Army S.ecurity Agency, the article in ques· 

tion should be for\\'Srded to the Bureau of Public Reletfons, which organization 

will review anc tak·e full responsibility of the publication. It was the recom= 

men6~tion cf the Board that the Staff review Post policy and establish and publish procedure for submitting articles for publication approval. 

5o STANDARDS OF PiR.FORMANCE 

Mr. Starlin stated that some thought s~ould be given to the possibility of 

establishing standards of performance for positions at this ~gcncy. After a 

discussion by the Board, it was recor;mended that a staff study be prepared to 

determine the feasibility o:· establishing standards of performance, and the 

manner in wr.ich they would be applied if they were used o 

~~~ Chairman, Civilian 

Employment Board