PUBLIC LAW 94-136—NOV. 28, 1975
89 STAT. 737
The Deputy Director shall act for and exercise the powers of the Executive Director during the absence or disability of the Executive Director. (c) The Executive Director shall be responsible for the exercise of all powers and the discharge of all duties of the Center. The Executive Director shall have authority over and control of all of the staff of the Center and their activities. The Executive Director shall maintain budgets and allocate available funds as appropriate in carrying out the provisions of this Act. (d) The Executive Director shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed that provided for Executive level IV under section 5315 of title 5 of the United States Code as determined by the President, and shall have no other employment, public or private, during the tenure of his appointment. FUNCTIONS o r THE CENTER
SEC. 204. The Center shall— 15 USC 2414. (1) develop and establish, in consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress and with the appropriate departments and agencies of the executive branch, a national policy for productivity growth in the public and private sectors of the United States consistent with the purposes of this Act; (2) seek, stimulate, and encourage maximum active participation of— (A) the private sector of the Nation's economy, including labor organizations, associations and confederations, business enterprises and associations, institutions of higher education, foundations and other philanthropic organizations and research centers and institutes; and (B) the public sector of the Nation's economy, including Federal, State, and local governments and agencies thereof, including institutions of higher education, in efforts to improve the rate of productivity growth in all sectors of the Nation's economy; (3) seek, stimulate, and encourage maximum active participation of the public agencies and private organizations identified in clause (2) of this section through identification and encouragement of selected research and demonstration programs implemented by public agencies and qualified private organizations which will— (A) increase the rate of productivity growth in the public and private sectors of the national economy through improved and innovative utilization of technological and human resources; and (B) develop, refine, and apply accurate and reliable measurement techniques to evaluate changes in productivity; (4) to identify, study, and review— (A) existing Federal, State, and local statutes, regulations, and fiscal policies which adversely affect productivity growth or the economic performance of the public and private sectors of the United States; (B) incentives to encourage industry and labor initiatives in the development of methods, techniques, and systems for the improved utilization of technological and human resources in the public and private sectors;
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