44 U.S.C. § 2105 — Personnel and services

(a)
(1) The Archivist is authorized to select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of that officers and employees, under part III of title 5, as are necessary to perform the functions of the Archivist and the Administration.
(2) Even with that rule paragraph (1), the Archivist is authorized to appoint, subject to the consultation requirements set forth in paragraph (f)(2) of section 2203 of this title, a director at each Presidential archival depository established under section 2112 of this title. The Archivist can appoint a director without regard to subchapter I and subchapter VIII of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service and the Senior Executive Service. A director so appointed is responsible for the care and preservation of the Presidential records and historical materials deposited in a Presidential archival depository, must serve at the pleasure of the Archivist and must perform that other functions as the Archivist can specify.

(b) The Archivist is authorized to obtain the services of experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5.
(c) Even though section 973 of title 10 or any other provision of law, the Archivist, in carrying out the functions of the Archivist or the Administration, is authorized to use in the Administration the services of officials, officers, and other personnel in other Federal agencies, including personnel of the armed services, with the consent of the head of the agency concerned.
(d) Even with that rule section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Archivist is authorized to accept and use voluntary and uncompensated services.