---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 11702"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "11702"
heading: "Index of certain information in information systems included in directory established under section 4101 of title 44"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/11702"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Information Technology Management"
  - "Chapter 117 — Additional Information Resources Management Matters"
---

# §11702. Index of certain information in information systems included in directory established under section 4101 of title 44


If in designing an [information technology](/usc/40/11101.md?p=6) system pursuant to this subtitle, the head of an [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) determines that a purpose of the system is to disseminate information to the public, then the head of that [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) 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](/usc/44/4101.md). This section does not authorize the dissemination of information to the public unless otherwise authorized.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1252, § 11703; renumbered § 11702, Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VIII, § 825(c)(2), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2616.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 11703 | 40:1503. | 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.

### Editorial Notes

### 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.