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Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§11314 Authority to Acquire and Manage Information Technology

Title 40 › SUBTITLE III — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT › CHAPTER 113 — RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACQUISITIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › SUBCHAPTER II — EXECUTIVE AGENCIES › § 11314

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The leader of a federal agency can buy information technology. They can make contracts that let several agencies buy together under guidance from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. If that Director decides it is better for the government, they can set a multiagency contract for commercial IT products that covered agencies must use or explain why they did not. The Administrator of General Services must keep running the FTS 2000 program and coordinate the follow‑on work with advice from agency leaders.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §11314

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(a)In General.—
The authority of the head of an executive agency to acquire information technology includes—
(1)acquiring information technology as authorized by law;
(2)making a contract that provides for multiagency acquisitions of information technology in accordance with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and
(3)if the Director finds that it would be advantageous for the Federal Government to do so, making a multiagency contract for procurement of commercial products of information technology that requires each executive agency covered by the contract, when procuring those products, to procure the products under that contract or to justify an alternative procurement of the products.
(b)FTS 2000 Program.—
The Administrator of General Services shall continue to manage the FTS 2000 program, and to coordinate the follow-on to that program, for and with the advice of the heads of executive agencies.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1131440:1424.Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LI, § 5124, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 684. In subsection (b), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other law” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “products” for “items” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Jan. 1, 2020, subject to a

Savings Provision

, see section 836(h) of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2018 Amendment;

Savings Provision

note under section 453b of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

40 U.S.C. § 11314

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110