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7. Intelligence Community · Minor

Require language, technical, or overseas experience for CIA GS-14+ rank

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210 7. Intelligence Community

“The Director should refocus the CIA to an OSS-like culture and mandate that all CIA employees acquire, as a condition of securing senior (GS-14+) rank, additional or enhanced language skills, technical or cyber expertise, or field training or serve in overseas assignments.”

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    No allowlisted record of a requirement that CIA employees acquire language, technical or cyber skills, field training or overseas service as a condition of senior (GS-14+) rank. Federal Register full-text searches return nothing on CIA promotion requirements, P.L. 119-60 Division F imposes no such condition, and cia.gov's careers pages describe language incentives without any GS-14 gate.

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Research log

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Research notes

  • Same negative as #556 (Up and Out at GS-14/15) and #548 (promotion criteria): the CIA’s promotion system is internal, and neither the Agency nor Congress published a change to it in the window.
  • This ask is also covered by a single negative search of the CIA internal-management asks on pp. 208-212.
Action
restrict
Object
CIA senior (GS-14+) promotion requirements
ID
549