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 PUBLIC LAW 95-454^0CT. 13, 1978 "CHAPTER 47—PERSONNEL RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS "Sec. "4701. "4702. "4703. "4704. "4705. "4706.

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Definitions. Kesearch programs. Demonstration projects. Allocation of funds. Reports. Regulations.

"§4701. Definitions 5 USC 4701. "(a) For the pvirpose of this chapter— "(1) 'agency' means an Executive agency, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and the Government Printing Office, but does not include— "(A) a Government corporation; "(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and, as determined by the President, any Executive agency or unit thereof which is designated by the President and which has as its principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities; or "(C) the General Accounting Office; "(2) 'employee' means an individual employed in or under an agency; . ^ "(3) 'eligible' means an individual who has qualified for appointment in an agency and whose name has been entered on the appropriate register or list of eligibles; •'•' ' "(4) 'demonstration project'means a project conducted by the Office of Personnel Management, or under its supervision, to determine whether a specified change in personnel management policies or procedures would result in improved Federal personnel management; and "(5) 'research program' means a planned study of the manner in which public management policies and systems are operating, the effects of those policies and systems, the possibilities for change, and comparisons among policies and systems. "(b) This subchapter shall not apply to any position in the Drug Enforcement Administration which is excluded from the competitive service under section 201 of the Crime Control Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 5108note; 90 Stat. 2425). "§ 4702. Research programs 5 USC 4702. "The Office of Personnel Management shall— "(1) establish and maintain (and assist in the establishment and maintenance of) research programs to study improved • methods and technologies in Federal personnel management; '"(2) evaluate the research programs established under paragraph (1) of this section; ? "(3) establish and maintain a program for the collection and public dissemination of information relating to personnel management research and for encouraging and facilitating the ' exchange of information among interested persons and entities; and "(4) carry out the preceding functions directly or through agreement or contract.

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