§1067j Administrative provisions

Summary

The Secretary must hire at least 2 technical employees who have the right scientific or educational background to run these programs. These hires can be made and paid without following the usual federal competitive hiring rules in Title 5, or the classification and General Schedule pay rules in chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53. The Secretary must also set up rules to review and evaluate grants and contracts for these programs. Reviews of grant applications using peer review, and reviews of contracts for financial help under this subchapter, cannot be handled by anyone outside the officials who run the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Programs.