Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
Congress pushes agencies to inventory software and cut duplicate licenses, with new oversight reports
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Within 18 months of enactment, each federal agency must do a detailed review of all software it pays for or uses, including unused licenses and extra cloud fees.
- Agencies must report their findings to federal oversight offices and to Congress, aiming to spot duplicate tools, waste, and hidden costs in software contracts.
- Agencies must create a modernization plan to consolidate software licenses, set buying rules that reduce extra licenses, and improve how well different software works together.
- The plan can limit smaller parts of an agency from buying or building software without approval from the agency’s top technology official, to avoid one-off and duplicate purchases.
- The Government Accountability Office must later review government-wide trends and how well agencies follow these requirements; the bill provides no new funding to do the work.
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Milestones
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Introduced in Senate
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Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
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