Today's cia
The CIA is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers. The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) is nominated by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director manages the operations, personnel, and budget of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The CIA is separated into four basic components: the National Clandestine Service, the Directorate of Intelligence, the Directorate of Science & Technology, and the Directorate of Support. They carry out “the intelligence cycle,” the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to top US government officials.
In addition, the D/CIA has several staffs that deal with public affairs, human resources, mission innovation, protocol, congressional affairs, legal issues, information management, and internal oversight.
Mission
The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (OEEO) has two primary roles in the Agency: ensure that every employee has a workplace free of discrimination and harassment; and, providing reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.
OEEO serves as an Agency resource for questions about the Director of Central Intelligence Agency's Zero Tolerance Policy against harassment. When harassment occurs, it affects the Agency's most valuable resource—its people.
Zero Tolerance is demonstrated when management responds to harassing behaviors and ensures that it stops.
On May 15, 2002, President Bush signed the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act), which increases Federal agency accountability for acts of discrimination or reprisal against employees. This act, which took effect on October 1, 2003, makes Federal agencies individually accountable for violations of anti-discrimination and whistleblower protection laws.
Posting of EEO complaint data on the Internet. Each Federal agency must post on its public web site certain summary statistical data relating to equal opportunity complaints filed against the agency.
The agency must post data for the current fiscal year on a cumulative basis (year-to-date information), updated quarterly.
An agency also must post year-end data for the five previous fiscal years for comparison purposes. In addition, section 302 of the No Fear Act requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to post government-wide, summary statistical data pertaining to hearings requested under 29 C.F.R. Part 1614 and appeals filed with EEOC.
The posting of EEO data on agency public web sites is intended to assist Congress, Federal agencies and the public to assess whether and the extent to which agencies are living up to their equal employment opportunity responsibilities.
The cia Campus: a Walk Outside Headquarters
Where can you find a piece of the Berlin Wall and an A-12 OXCART reconnaissance aircraft? At the Central Intelligence Agency’s Headquarters in Northern Virginia. The beautiful, wooded campus of the CIA is home to these two pieces of history and more:
the Berlin Wall Monument,
an A-12 OXCART,
the Nathan Hale Statue, and
a Memorial Garden.
Berlin Wall Monument
The three sections of the Berlin Wall Monument were taken from Checkpoint Charlie at Potsdamer Platz in November 1989 when the wall came down. The Wall is located near the southwest entrance to OHB. It is oriented as it was in Berlin—the west side painted with graffiti and the east side whitewashed. The west side of the Wall is covered with graffiti that reflects the color, hope and optimism of the West itself. In stark contrast, the east side of the Wall is plain and devoid of color and life.
In developing this monument, the CIA Fine Arts Commission decided on five precepts for its placement:
prominence,
pedestrian orientation,
a sense of the Wall as an obstacle,
an “unromantic presentation,” and
a measure of contemplation.
The Wall is located in the middle of a path so that it must be confronted directly—just as it was for nearly three decades by the citizens of Berlin. On both sides of the Wall is a bench-height wall where employees can sit and view the three segments and think about their history.
The monument was dedicated on December 18, 1992.
A-12
OXCART
Under the highly secret Project OXCART, CIA contracted with Lockheed to produce the A-12 supersonic reconnaissance aircraft as the successor to the U-2. Lockheed began its design in 1959 and achieved full operational readiness by November 1965. During testing, the A-12 reached a speed of Mach 3.2 at an altitude of 90,000 feet. The A-12 was used in only 29 missions before it was replace by another aircraft.
The A-12 on display at CIA Headquarters—eighth in production of the 15 A-12s built—was the first of the operational fleet to be certified for Mach 3. It is located in the north parking lot. The A-12 OXCART was dedicated on September 19, 2007, during the Agency’s 60th anniversary celebration.