1. What is CIPMS, and what were the reasons for its establishing legislation?

CIPMS is a statutory (Title 10) Excepted Service personnel system authorized by the Intelligence Authorization Act of 1987. The legislation was needed because the competitive service, Title 5 classification and qualification standards did not adequately recognize evolving intelligence and security specialties found in the Military Departments. In addition, the national intelligence organizations (e.g., Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA)), already operating under excepted service personnel systems, had an advantage over the Military Departments in the areas of comparability and compensation. These factors often led to excessive inter-component competition for personnel.

The legislation authorized DOD to establish a separate personnel system for the Military Departments' intelligence communities which is more comparable to CIA, NSA and DIA systems. Functional and personnel representatives from the three Military Departments jointly developed DoD Directive 1400.34 and the implementing policy manual DoD 1400.34-M. These documents establish CIPMS and outline its parameters and Service prerogatives in implementation. Army Regulation (AR) 690-13 supplements the DoD manual and documents CIPMS policies and requirements which relate specifically to Army civilian employees.

2. Who is covered by CIPMS?

The DoD Directive 1400.34 provides for three categories of coverage. a) Organizational Coverage: All civilian employees within commands and activities that have a primary intelligence mission; b) Occupational Coverage: Those employees who perform intelligence or intelligence-related work in both intelligence and non-intelligence commands and activities of the Military Departments; and c) Discretionary Coverage: At the discretion of the Military Department Secretary, other employees located in intelligence organizations within non-intelligence commands and activities who perform work in direct support of intelligence functions. In Army, requests for discretionary or organizational coverage must be submitted through command channels for approval at the Headquarters, Department of Army (HQDA) level.

Within Army, Occupational Coverage includes:

ALL:

• 132 (Intelligence Specialists)
• 134 (Intelligence Technicians/Assistants)

INTEL-RELATED:

• 080 (Security Specialists)*
• 086 (Security Technicians/Assistants)*
• 1701/1712 (Training/Education Specialists)
• 1702 (Training Technicians/Assistants)
• 400/800/1300/1500 Occupational Groups (Engineers/Scientists)

*For positions in which duties are predominantly (51%) intelligence-related.

Organizational coverage includes:

• Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
• Central Clearance Facility (CCF)
• Intelligence Center, Ft Huachuca

Discretionary coverage examples include:

• HQDA, DCS, G-2
• 650th MI
• USAREUR, DCS
• AMC, HUNTSVILLE, TSMO
• USASOC, DCS, G-2
• COE, HUNTSVILLE DIV
• EUCOM, J-2
• 18th AIRBORNE, SECURITY DIRECTORATE, FT BRAGG

Specifically excluded from CIPMS coverage are National Guard technicians, non-appropriated fund employees, local national employees, and employees performing security functions that are primarily related to law enforcement.

3. What is the MI Corps?

The Military Intelligence Corps was activated on 01 Jul 87. It was established as a regimental organization under the U.S. Army Regimental System, AR 600-82. The Commander, U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Ft Huachuca (USAIC&FH) is the Chief of the MI Corps. The primary objective of the Corps is to bind together the Army military and civilian intelligence community. All CIPMS employees are members/associate members of the Corps. Both receive a certificate of membership. In addition to offering affiliation, the Corps publishes a newsletter, sponsors various activities and administers a Hall of Fame to honor military and civilian intelligence personnel. A separate but related Museum Foundation sells MI accessories such as T-shirts, hats, etc., to earn money to maintain the MI museum at Ft Huachuca.