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FIN-10 / Workforce and expertise

Hire temporary experts and consultants

Procure specialized expertise under express DoD authority and the temporary/intermittent expert-services framework.

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Authority / instrument · FIN-10

Workforce and specialized expertise

Workforce and expertise

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense or military department Secretary

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not an unrestricted exemption from conflict-of-interest or inherently governmental responsibilities.

Recorded executor

Human-resources office; Contracting office where applicable

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Human-resources office; Contracting office where applicable. Use the responsible program’s process.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolFIN-10 · People & expertise

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense or military department Secretary

People & expertise

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Existing statutory pathway; transaction-specific funds, approval, and delegation verification required.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Advantageous to the United States and not adequately available within DoD.
  • §3109 temporary service normally no more than one year, or intermittent; applicable compensation rules.

Limits & exclusions

  • Not an unrestricted exemption from conflict-of-interest or inherently governmental responsibilities.
  • §129b(d) separately permits narrowly conditioned personal-service contracts for overseas, defense intelligence/counterintelligence, or SOCOM support.

Funding conditions

  • Lawfully available component funds; no additional appropriation created.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Component needing specialized expertise

Resources

  • Hiring/sponsoring component

Approval

  • Secretary concerned or lawful delegate

Execution

  • Human-resources office
  • Contracting office where applicable

Partners & review

    Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

    Coordination pathway

    Need owner → responsible component counsel and comptroller → statutory official or verified delegate → authorized execution office. Office labels describe functional roles; individual delegations and funds are not certified.

    Actor and execution-role sources

    Legal basis

    What this research establishes

    Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
    RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
    Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
    Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
    EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Human-resources office; Contracting office where applicable. Use the responsible program’s process.

    Confidence: High for statutory mechanism; individual execution readiness not verified.

    Currentness: 2024 official Code baseline compared with available current text; targeted FY2026 NDAA and FY2027 continuing-resolution review. See coverage audit; not a complete legal citator.

    Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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