Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§4702 Research Programs

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart C — Employee Performance › CHAPTER 47 — PERSONNEL RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS › § 4702

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

OPM must create and keep research programs to find better ways and tools for managing federal employees and help others set up similar programs. It must review those programs, collect and share the results publicly, and may do the work itself or use agreements or contracts.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §4702

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 4702

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102