Employment and Procurement of Government Experts and Consultants
Abstract
Experts and consultants, in the context of Federal employment and procurement, are private persons or firms with special knowledge and abilities, hired temporarily to give advice, solve problems, or perform tasks Government employees are unable or unavailable to perform. The purpose of this thesis is to explain the methods Federal agencies may use to obtain individual experts and consultants, and the restrictions on their use. This topic should interest experts and consultants, whose compensation, duties, and conflict-of-interest liability depend on how they are hired and managed, and Government officials, because of the burden of increasingly complex controls on the acquisition, use, and management of consultant services. Use of outside experts and consultants has been a necessary and acceptable practice in both Government and private industry for many years, even though it requires exceptions to be made to the laws of regular civil service.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA204455
Entities
People
- James E. Bartlett Iii
Organizations
- George Washington University