{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s4702","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4702.","heading":"Research programs","text":"\u00a7\u202f4702.\nResearch programs\nThe Office of Personnel Management shall\u2014\n(1) establish and maintain (and assist in the establishment and maintenance of) research programs to study improved methods and technologies in Federal personnel management;\n(2) evaluate the research programs established under paragraph (1) of this section;\n(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\n(4) carry out the preceding functions directly or through agreement or contract.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s4702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s4702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Research programs","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Office of Personnel Management shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s4702/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish and maintain (and assist in the establishment and maintenance of) research programs to study improved methods and technologies in Federal personnel management;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s4702/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" evaluate the research programs established under paragraph (1) of this section;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s4702/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s4702/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" carry out the preceding functions directly or through agreement or contract.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}