5 USC § 4702 - Research programs

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title: "5 USC § 4702 - Research programs"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "4702"
section_name: "Research programs"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1185.)"
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# § 4702. Research programs

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1185.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under .