---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 6916"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "6916"
heading: "Improvement of information sharing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/6916"
units:
  - "Chapter 98 — Department of Agriculture Reorganization"
  - "Subchapter I — General Reorganization Authorities"
---

# §6916. Improvement of information sharing


Whenever the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) procures or uses computer systems, as may be provided for in advance in appropriations Acts, the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) shall do so in a manner that enhances efficiency, productivity, and client services and is consistent with the goal of promoting computer information sharing among agencies of the [Department](/usc/7/6902.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 216, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3212.)