NASA Talent Exchange Program Act

Employee Professional Development: The Administrator is directed to consider how these assignments meet the needs of the Administration regarding the training of employees (Section 2, subsection 9A).

Access to Expertise: The program allows the Administration to utilize areas of particular private sector expertise, such as cybersecurity (Section 2, subsection 9B).

Employee Protection and Consent: Assignments can only occur if the Administrator obtains the consent of the employee concerned (Section 2, subsection 1B).

Flexible Service Terms: For NASA employees assigned to the private sector, they are considered to be on detail to a regular work assignment within the Administration for all purposes (Section 2, subsection 5A).

Service Commitments: NASA employees assigned to a private sector entity must serve in the Administration, or elsewhere in the civil service, for a period equal to twice the length of their assignment (Section 2, subsection 2A(i)(I)).

Financial Liability: If an employee fails to comply with the terms of their assignment agreement, they may be held liable to the United States for all expenses of the assignment (Section 2, subsection 2A(ii)).

Restrictions on Information: NASA employees assigned to the private sector are prohibited from using predecisional or draft deliberative information regarding Administration programming, budgeting, resourcing, acquisition, or procurement (Section 2, subsection 2A(i)(II)).

Restrictions on Work: Private sector employees assigned to the Administration are prohibited from performing work that is considered inherently governmental in nature (Section 2, subsection 6F).

Information Restrictions for Private Employees: Private sector employees assigned to the Administration may not have access to any trade secrets or nonpublic information that has commercial value to their original employer (Section 2, subsection 6D).