---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 11703"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "11703"
heading: "Procurement procedures"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/11703"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Information Technology Management"
  - "Chapter 117 — Additional Information Resources Management Matters"
---

# §11703. Procurement procedures


To the maximum extent practicable, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall ensure that the process for acquisition of [information technology](/usc/40/11101.md?p=6) is a simplified, clear, and understandable process that specifically addresses the management of risk, incremental acquisitions, and the need to incorporate commercial [information technology](/usc/40/11101.md?p=6) in a timely manner.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1252, § 11704; renumbered § 11703, 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) |
| 11704 | 40:1461. | Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LII, § 5201, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 689. |

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 11703 was renumbered section 11702 of this title.

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–314 renumbered section 11704 of this title as this section.