---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 3705"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "3705"
heading: "Application to Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/3705"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart B — Employment and Retention"
  - "Chapter 37 — Information Technology Exchange Program"
---

# §3705. Application to Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia

- (a) **In General.—** The Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia may arrange for the assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of the Chief Technology Officer to a private sector organization, or an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of a private sector organization to such [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3), in the same manner as the head of an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) under this chapter.
- (b) **Terms and Conditions.—** An assignment made pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as an assignment made by the head of an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) under this chapter, except that in applying such terms and conditions to an assignment made pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a), any reference in this chapter to a provision of law or regulation of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) shall be deemed to be a reference to the applicable provision of law or regulation of the District of Columbia, including the applicable provisions of the District of Columbia [Government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1–601.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) and [section 601](/usc/5/601.md) of the District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act (sec. 1–1106.01, D.C. Official Code).
- (c) **Definition.—** For purposes of this section, the term “[Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of the Chief Technology Officer” means the [office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) established in the executive branch of the [government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the District of Columbia under the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of the Chief Technology Officer Establishment Act of 1998 (sec. 1–1401 et seq., D.C. Official Code).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title II, § 209(c)(1), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2929.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b), is an act of the District of Columbia and is not classified to the Code.

The District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 93–376, Aug. 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 447, which is not classified to the Code.

The Office of the Chief Technology Officer Establishment Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (c), is an act of the District of Columbia and is not classified to the Code.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as a note under section 3601 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.