Action brief · USC-11

Exchange personnel with governments, universities, nonprofits, and FFRDCs through IPA assignments

Objective

Develop a technology

Family / instrument

Workforce and expertise · Intergovernmental and research talent exchange

Statute

Authority holder

Head of the federal agency, including a military department

Executor · routing lead

Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Obtain counterpart concurrence and employee consent; document mutual benefit.

Apply §3371 entity definitions and the excluded categories of federal employees in §3372(a).

All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Sections 3373-3375 authorize the stated reimbursements, pay treatment, and travel expenses from appropriate agency appropriations.

All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

This is not a general exchange mechanism for every for-profit company; use the eligible-organization definitions and applicable personnel regulations.

Pay, reimbursement, benefits, ethics, and employee status depend on whether the arrangement is an appointment, detail, or leave-without-pay assignment.

Legal basisSources linked

RequirementsGates recorded

Public fundingRules recorded

Assigned rolesRoles recorded

EngagementProgram unverified

Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway identified in the USC scrub. Current implementation, public intake, appropriations, available balances, and transaction-specific delegations were not independently verified.

Actor sources

General provisions; Assignment of employees to State or local governments; Assignments of employees from State or local governments; Travel expenses — statutory holder and execution conditions

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