Report - Government Executive
Report - Government Executive
Report - Government Executive
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CHAPTER 1<br />
BACKGROUND, METHODOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION<br />
BACKGROUND<br />
Improving the Intelligence Community’s (IC) performance management and compensation<br />
system is critical to moving its agencies toward greater integration and collaboration in the<br />
performance of a common mission: protecting the national security interests of the United<br />
States. In response to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, 1 the<br />
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and IC agencies agreed on an overarching framework for<br />
the development of more consistent personnel policies: the National Intelligence Civilian<br />
Compensation Program (NICCP).<br />
Using the NICCP framework as guidance, DoD developed a human resources management<br />
system, the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS), which includes new<br />
compensation and performance management processes. DCIPS is designed to provide a single<br />
system for DoD intelligence components that rewards individual performance contributing to the<br />
organization’s mission, and that enhances the ability of those components to attract and retain<br />
high performing candidates. 2<br />
DCIPS is designed specifically for intelligence components and other DoD intelligence positions<br />
designated by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)), including those at the<br />
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), National<br />
Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Security Service<br />
(DSS), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)), and intelligence<br />
elements of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps.<br />
The components adopted all or parts of DCIPS and were scheduled for complete adoption, as<br />
indicated in Table 1-1.<br />
1 The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, among other items, directed the DNI to establish<br />
common personnel standards for IC personnel. See Pub. L. 108-458, Sec. 102A(f)(3)(a), Dec. 17, 2004.<br />
2 DoD Worldwide HR Conference. DCIPS PowerPoint briefing, July 2009.<br />
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