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History
Mission support was integral to CIA’s activities even before the official founding of the Agency in 1947. The organizational alignment has evolved and changed several times over
the decades to meet the challenges of a given period, but the basic support disciplines have not changed: personnel resources, logistics, global communications, information services, finance,
facilities, acquisitions, security, medical services, and general support
management.
Support
functions were initially carried out under the purview of an Executive for
Administration and Management. In 1950,
offices for Administration and Personnel were established in their own
rights. Beginning in the 1950s, CIA
support officers were forward-deployed with their mission partners, a tradition
that continues to this day.
During
the 90s, the
various support offices underwent several reorganizations and changes in the way they do business. For several years, support functions were administratively
dispersed across the Agency. Selected support activities
instituted operations using a cost-recovery model, charging mission partners for
services, mirroring commercial counterparts.
In
response to the accelerated post-9/11
national security needs, the majority of the business lines were later reunited under one governance
structure with an emphasis on integration, agility, and global capabilities. Recently, adjustments have been
made to the overall structure in the continuing drive to improve customer
service.
Posted: May 04, 2007 06:50 PM
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2007 11:55 AM
Last Reviewed: May 04, 2007 06:50 PM