Collapse to view only § 3109. Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent
- § 3101. General authority to employ
- § 3102. Employment of personal assistants for handicapped employees, including blind and deaf employees
- § 3103. Employment at seat of Government only for services rendered
- § 3104. Employment of specially qualified scientific and professional personnel
- § 3105. Appointment of administrative law judges
- § 3106. Employment of attorneys; restrictions
- § 3107. Employment of publicity experts; restrictions
- § 3108. Employment of detective agencies; restrictions
- § 3109. Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent
- § 3110. Employment of relatives; restrictions
- § 3111. Acceptance of volunteer service
- § 3111a. Federal internship programs
- § 3112. Disabled veterans; noncompetitive appointment
- § 3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of certain crimes
- § 3114. Appointment of candidates to certain positions in the competitive service by the Securities and Exchange Commission
- § 3115. Expedited hiring authority for college graduates; competitive service
- § 3116. Expedited hiring authority for post-secondary students; competitive service
Each Executive agency, military department, and the government of the District of Columbia may employ such number of employees of the various classes recognized by chapter 51 of this title as Congress may appropriate for from year to year.
An individual may be employed in the civil service in an Executive department at the seat of Government only for services actually rendered in connection with and for the purposes of the appropriation from which he is paid. An individual who violates this section shall be removed from the service.
Each agency shall appoint as many administrative law judges as are necessary for proceedings required to be conducted in accordance with sections 556 and 557 of this title. Administrative law judges shall be assigned to cases in rotation so far as practicable, and may not perform duties inconsistent with their duties and responsibilities as administrative law judges.
Except as otherwise authorized by law, the head of an Executive department or military department may not employ an attorney or counsel for the conduct of litigation in which the United States, an agency, or employee thereof is a party, or is interested, or for the securing of evidence therefor, but shall refer the matter to the Department of Justice. This section does not apply to the employment and payment of counsel under section 1037 of title 10.
Appropriated funds may not be used to pay a publicity expert unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
An individual employed by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, or similar organization, may not be employed by the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia.
Under such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe, an agency may make a noncompetitive appointment leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment of a disabled veteran who has a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more.