Collapse to view only § 9580. Voluntary service
- § 9571. Interagency data sources and formats
- § 9572. Prohibitions
- § 9573. Confidentiality
- § 9574. Availability of data
- § 9575. Performance management
- § 9576. Authority to publish
- § 9577. Vacancies
- § 9578. Scientific or technical employees
- § 9579. Fellowships
- § 9580. Voluntary service
- § 9581. Rulemaking
- § 9582. Copyright
- § 9583. Removal
- § 9584. Authorization of appropriations
The Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall ensure that the Department and the Institute use common sources of data in standardized formats.
Subject to section 9573 of this title, data collected by the Institute, including any office, board, committee, or center of the Institute, in carrying out the priorities and mission of the Institute, shall be made available to the public, including through use of the Internet.
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A vacancy in an office, board, committee, or center of the Institute shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. This section does not apply to employees appointed under section 9578 of this title.
In order to strengthen the national capacity to carry out high-quality research, evaluation, and statistics related to education, the Director shall establish and maintain research, evaluation, and statistics fellowships in institutions of higher education (which may include the establishment of such fellowships in historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions of higher education with large numbers of minority students) that support graduate and postdoctoral study onsite at the Institute or at the institution of higher education. In establishing the fellowships, the Director shall ensure that women and minorities are actively recruited for participation.
The Director may accept voluntary and uncompensated services to carry out and support activities that are consistent with the priorities and mission of the Institute.
Notwithstanding section 1232(d) of this title, the exemption for public property, loans, grants, and benefits in section 553(a)(2) of title 5 shall apply to the Institute.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the rights, remedies, limitations, or defense under title 17.