Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60
§11702 Index of Certain Information in Information Systems Included in Directory Established Under Section 4101 of Title 44
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT › Chapter 117— ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT MATTERS › § 11702
Summary
If an agency's IT system shares public information, it must reasonably ensure an index of that information is in the federal directory. That doesn't allow sharing unless another law permits it.
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Title 40, §11702
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If in designing an information technology system pursuant to this subtitle, the head of an executive agency determines that a purpose of the system is to disseminate information to the public, then the head of that executive agency shall reasonably ensure that an index of information disseminated by the system is included in the directory created pursuant to section 4101 of title 44. This section does not authorize the dissemination of information to the public unless otherwise authorized.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1170340:1503.Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LIV, § 5403, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 698. The words “Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter” are omitted as unnecessary.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 11702 was renumbered section 11701 of this title.
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–314 renumbered section 11703 of this title as this section.
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Citation
40 U.S.C. § 11702
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60