Documents/ICSIP/1: Investing in People

1: Investing in People

To build and maintain a diverse work force that is second to none in its analytic discipline, regional and technical expertise, collection mastery, intellectual rigor, communications skills and knowledge of consumers’ needs.

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Desired Outcomes: FY 2005 • Joint and Community-wide training and education programs in language, analytic tradecraft, management, and collection disciplines: National Intelligence Academy. • Acquire designated training positions to allow ten percent of analysts to be in training or developmental assignments at any given time. • Community database cataloging analytic skills and capabilities across the IC is in place and maintained. • A systematic, empirical methodology in place to determine current and future analytic resource requirements. • Staffing goals established that include "bench strength" to ensure opportunities for training and development. • Coordinated, coherent, needs-based analytic career development system in place at each organization. • Analytic work force routinely participates in professionally enhancing rotational assignments. • Flexible recruitment policies established. • Expert analyst corps established across agencies to permit promotion to executive positions. • Metrics imbedded in training to capture improvement and determine return on investment. • Established goals or defined measures of success in place with regard to work force diversity FY 2010 • Robust IC training program for managers and analysts in National Intelligence Academy. • Tiered staffing system in place for depth and breadth. • Management uses IC skills database to match peoples’ skills, knowledge, and expertise to meet priorities, identify gaps, determine hiring/ recruitment requirements and training curricula. • Substantial rotational opportunities in place for analysts to serve in government, industry, academia, and overseas. • Clear management accountability for analytic career development. • Analytic training and education requirements drive program development.

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