Staff

(a) Appointments The Director may make appointments, without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, of candidates directly to positions in the competitive service, as defined in section 2102 of that title, including experts and highly qualified personnel to support deployment, integration, and commercialization of technology activities, to carry out the program. (b) Detailees The Director may— (1) request from heads of relevant Federal departments and agencies, on a reimbursable basis, the detail of personnel to the program, who— (A) shall have relevant sectoral, financial, technical, or regional expertise; and (B) shall remain, for the purpose of preserving such employee’s allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other benefits, an employee of the agency from which the employee is detailed; and (2) further detail personnel of the program to relevant Federal departments and agencies that are assisting in carrying out the program.