{
  "id": "FIN-10",
  "category": "Workforce and specialized expertise",
  "capability": "Hire temporary experts and consultants",
  "summary": "Procure specialized expertise under express DoD authority and the temporary/intermittent expert-services framework.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 129b",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section129b&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "5 U.S.C. § 3109",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "Secretary of Defense or military department Secretary",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "Component needing specialized expertise"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Hiring/sponsoring component"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "Secretary concerned or lawful delegate"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "Human-resources office",
      "Contracting office where applicable"
    ],
    "partners": []
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "10 U.S.C. § 129b",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section129b&num=0&edition=prelim"
    },
    {
      "title": "5 U.S.C. § 3109",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Advantageous to the United States and not adequately available within DoD.",
    "§3109 temporary service normally no more than one year, or intermittent; applicable compensation rules."
  ],
  "limits": [
    "Not an unrestricted exemption from conflict-of-interest or inherently governmental responsibilities.",
    "§129b(d) separately permits narrowly conditioned personal-service contracts for overseas, defense intelligence/counterintelligence, or SOCOM support."
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Lawfully available component funds; no additional appropriation created."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Need owner → responsible component counsel and comptroller → statutory official or verified delegate → authorized execution office. Office labels describe functional roles; individual delegations and funds are not certified.",
  "availability": "Existing statutory pathway; transaction-specific funds, approval, and delegation verification required.",
  "confidence": "High for statutory mechanism; individual execution readiness not verified.",
  "currentness": "2024 official Code baseline compared with available current text; targeted FY2026 NDAA and FY2027 continuing-resolution review. See coverage audit; not a complete legal citator.",
  "family": "Workforce and expertise",
  "mechanisms": [
    "People & expertise"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "develop-technology"
  ],
  "office_links": []
}