229. Memorandum From the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel (Barnes) to the Under Secretary of State for Management (Read)1

SUBJECT

  • Correction in the Minority and Women Statistics for the 1979 Promotions

REF

  • Barnes-Read memorandum on the same subject of September 272

Several errors in our statistics on women FSO promotions have been brought to our attention by M/EEO. The corrected figures are attached. They are essentially the same as those originally submitted except at class 2, where the only woman promoted had been overlooked. The correct figures, therefore, give a slightly more favorable picture of women FSO promotions this year.

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Attachment

Table Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel3

A. WOMEN FSO PROMOTIONS FOR OCTOBER 1979

CLASS NO.PROMOTED NO.ELIGIBLE % NO.ELIGIBLE PROMOTION% FOR CLASS
2 1 3 33.3% 20.0%
3 4 30 13.3% 13.6%
4 6 58 10.3% 17.9%
5 18 107 16.8% 25.0%
6 20 76 26.3% 28.1%
TOTAL 49 274 17.9% 20.5%

B. WOMEN FSO PROMOTIONS COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS PROMOTIONS

OCT. 1979 OCT. 1978
CLASS NO.PROM. % NO. ELIG. % FOR CLASS NO. PROM. % NO. ELIG. % FOR CLASS
2 1 33.3% 20.0% 1 20.0% 9.3%
3 4 13.3% 13.6% 3 10.7% 7.4%
4 6 10.3% 17.9% 5 9.4% 11.5%
5 18 16.9% 25.0% 10 10.8% 14.7%
6 20 26.3% 28.1% 14 17.9% 25.1%
TOTAL 49 17.9% 20.5% 33 12.8% 13.4%
FEB. 1978 MAR. 1977
CLASS NO.PROM. % NO. ELIG. % FOR CLASS NO. PROM. % NO. ELIG. % FOR CLASS
2 1 14.3% 4.1% 1 25.0% 21.2%
3 0 0% 4.0% 1 4.2% 14.0%
4 0 0% 3.5% 12 29.7% 19.5%
5 2 2.5% 2.5% 7 9.3% 19.0%
6 8 11.3% 12.0% 7 11.7% 22.2%
TOTAL 11 4.9% 4.7% 28 10.1% 18.8%
  1. Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Under Secretary for Management (M), 1978–1979, Box 9, Chron October 17–23, 1979. No classification marking. Drafted on October 15 by Edmund DeJarnette (PER/PE); cleared by Gershenson and John Rouse (PER/PE).
  2. Not found.
  3. No classification marking.