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 92 STAT. 1188 Evaluations.

5 USC 4704.

irt: = jt \ it j ' 5 USC 4705. 5 USC 1308.

5 USC 4706.

PUBLIC LAW 95-454—OCT. 13, 1978 "(h) The Office shall provide for an evaluation of the results of each demonstration project and its impact on improving public management. "(i) Upon request of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, agencies shall cooperate with and assist the Office, to the extent practicable, in any evaluation undertaken under subsection (h) of this section and provide the Office with requested information and reports relating to the conducting of demonstration projects in their respective agencies. "§ 4704. Allocation of funds "Funds appropriated to the Office of Personnel Management for the purpose of this chapter may be allocated by the Office to any agency conducting demonstration projects or assisting the Office in conducting such projects. Funds so allocated shall remain available for such period as may be specified in appropriation Acts. No contract shall be entered into under this chapter unless the contract has been provided for in advance in appropriation Acts, '*§ 4705. Reports "The Office of Personnel Management shall include in the annual report required by section 1308(a) of this title a summary of research programs and demonstration projects conducted during the year covered by the report, the effect of the programs and projects on improving public management and increasing Government efficiency, and recommendations of policies a?id procedures which will improve such management and efficiency. ,,. «§4706. Regulations "The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this chapter.". (b) The table of chapters for part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 45 the following new item: "47. Personnel Research Programs and Demonstration Projects 4701". INTERGOVERNMENTAL, PERSONNEL ACT AMENDMENTS

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SEC. 602. (a) Section 208 of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4728) is amended— (1) by striking out the section heading and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " TRANSFER OF F U N C T I O N S A N D ADMINISTRATION OF MERIT POLICIES";

(2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) In accordance with regulations of the Office of Personnel Management, Federal agencies may require as a condition of participation in assistance programs, systems of personnel administration consistent with personnel standards prescribed by the Office for positions engaged in carrying out such programs. The standards shall— "(1) include the merit principles in section 2 of this Act; "(2) be prescribed in such a manner as to minimize Federal intervention in State and local personnel administration."; and

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