[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR470.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 470--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 470.101  Statutory authority.


    (a) Section 4702, title 5, United States Code, provides the Office 
of Personnel Management (OPM) with the authority to:
    (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 
(a)(1) of this section;

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    (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.
    (b) Section 4703, title 5, United States Code, provides OPM with the 
authority to conduct and evaluate demonstration projects to determine 
whether a specified change in personnel management policies or 
procedures would result in improved Federal personnel management.
    (c) This part supplements and implements the provisions of chapter 
47 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the conduct of personnel 
research programs and demonstration projects, and must be read together 
with those provisions of law.