Current through October 31, 2024
Section 470.201 - Purposes of research programsThe 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.