5 C.F.R. Subpart B—Regulatory Requirements Pertaining to Research Programs
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 470—PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECTS
Subpart B—Regulatory Requirements Pertaining to Research Programs
§ 470.201 Purposes of research programs.
The purposes of research programs undertaken under this subpart are to stimulate and conduct personnel management research which:
(a) Develops new knowledge, techniques, and materials about personnel management;
(b) Seeks solutions to personnel management problems;
(c) Provides a factual base to support existing or proposed changes in personnel management policies, techniques, and materials;
(d) Modifies or develops personnel management systems which improve the management of the Federal Government's human resources;
(e) Gathers, makes explicit, systematizes, and transmits the knowledge and techniques of practicing managers for the guidance of others and as a factual basis for research needs determination;
(f) Develops new methods or provides new standards for conducting personnel management research; or
(g) Designs systems for the assessment and transmittal of relevant personnel management strategies.
§ 470.203 Eligible parties.
Research may be conducted by the Office of Personnel Management, or under contract or agreement, as appropriate, by:
(a) Federal agencies;
(b) State and local governments;
(c) Institutions of higher education; or
(d) Other public or private institutions or organizations, profit or nonprofit.
§ 470.205 Initiation of research programs.
OPM will announce opportunities for research contracts by issuing Requests for Proposals (RFP's) in accordance with Federal procurement regulations. Unsolicited proposals may be accepted; however the relevance of the proposed research to OPM research needs will determine the acceptability of the proposal.
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