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legal/us/code/title-38/chapter-81/section-8173.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "38 U.S.C. § 8173"
+description: "Information technology activities of the Financial Services Center"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 38
+title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
+chapter_number: "81"
+chapter_name: "ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY"
+section: "8173"
+citation: "38 U.S.C. § 8173"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc38@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8173"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 38 U.S.C. § 8173 - Information technology activities of the Financial Services Center
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Management.— Consistent with sections 11302 and 11319 of title 40—
+
+(1) the Chief Information Officer of the Department shall—
+
+(A) exercise authority over the management, governance, and oversight processes relating to existing or proposed information technology of the Financial Services Center of the Department, or such successor office; and
+
+(B) supervise the information technology employees and contractors of the Financial Services Center; and
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+(2) the Director of the Financial Services Center of the Department, or the head of such successor office, may not enter into a contract or other agreement for information technology or information technology services unless the contract or other agreement has been reviewed and approved by the Chief Information Officer.
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+(b) Oversight.— The Chief Information Officer shall have oversight and operational authority over all information security practices of the Financial Services Center of the Department.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title IV, § 403(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5488.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DatePub. L. 117–328, div. U, title IV, § 403(d), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5490, provided that: “(1) Effective date.—Section 8173 of such title, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 29, 2022]. “(2) Applicability.—Subsection (a)(2) of such section shall apply with respect to contracts and agreements entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.”