Alcee Hastings: “The Digital Tech Corps Act creates an exchange program under which Federal agencies and private sector companies may…”

“The Digital Tech Corps Act creates an exchange program under which Federal agencies and private sector companies may exchange information technology managers. Assignments under the program could last from 6 months to 2 years. Participants in the program would continue to receive their pay and benefits from their original employer, not their host. A Federal employee who participates in the program would be required to return to the civil service for a time equal to the duration of his or her assignment following the completion of the exchange. If an employee fails to return to the civil service, that person would have to repay the Federal Government for all expenses, including salary, of the assignment. H.R. 3925 subjects the private sector employees who participate in the program to the same ethics rules that govern Federal employees.”