§1747 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create and run a fellowship program to help bring in employees who are highly skilled in acquisition. The Secretary may choose up to 25 DoD employees as acquisition fellows. To be picked, an employee must have at least 2 years of DoD service in an acquisition job and be in a job now that could lead to serious limits on jobs they can take after leaving government service. Fellows are paid to do research or teach for 2 years in work related to federal acquisition policy at the Defense Acquisition University, another federal professional school, or a nonprofit college. Each fellow gets the same pay rate they had in their DoD job before the fellowship.

Title 10, §1747

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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out an acquisition fellowship program in accordance with this section in order to enhance the ability of the Department of Defense to recruit employees who are highly qualified in fields of acquisition.

(b)The Secretary of Defense may designate up to 25 prospective employees of the Department of Defense as acquisition fellows.

(c)In order to be eligible for designation as an acquisition fellow, an employee—

(1)must complete at least 2 years of Federal Government service as an employee in an acquisition position in the Department of Defense; and

(2)must be serving in an acquisition position in the Department of Defense that involves the performance of duties likely to result in significant restrictions under law on the employment activities of that employee after leaving Government service.

(d)Under the fellowship program, the Secretary of Defense shall pay designated acquisition fellows to engage in research or teaching for a 2-year period in a field related to Federal Government acquisition policy. Such research or teaching may be conducted in the defense acquisition university structure of the Department of Defense, any other institution of professional education of the Federal Government, or a nonprofit institution of higher education. Each fellow shall be paid at a rate equal to the rate of pay payable for the level of the position in which the fellow served in the Department of Defense before undertaking such research or teaching.

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Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–314 renumbered section 2410h of this title as this section.

§1747 Acquisition fellowship program

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Title 10, §1747

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