To improve the visibility, accountability, and oversight of agency software asset management practices, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act requires every federal agency to complete a comprehensive software entitlement and inventory assessment within 1 year, develop enterprise licensing consolidation plans, and report on cost savings. OMB must create a government-wide software strategy, and GAO must report on implementation within 3 years. No additional funds are authorized.
Who Benefits and How
Taxpayers benefit from potential cost savings through elimination of redundant software licenses and enterprise-wide agreements. Agency CIOs gain authority and visibility over software assets across their organizations. Open-source software may benefit from mandated agency review of transition options.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal agencies bear significant compliance burdens for assessment, planning, and reporting within tight timelines. Large enterprise software vendors may face price pressure from consolidated government-wide negotiations. Cloud service providers face increased scrutiny of hidden fees and costs. Agency bureaus lose autonomy to acquire software independently.
Key Provisions
- Mandatory software entitlement inventory assessment within 1 year
- Agency plans to consolidate to enterprise licenses with cost savings projections
- OMB government-wide software strategy within 2 years
- GAO audit report within 3 years
- Emphasis on interoperability and open-source transition analysis
- No additional appropriations authorized
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires federal agencies to conduct comprehensive software entitlement assessments, develop enterprise licensing plans to reduce costs, and mandates OMB to create a government-wide software management strategy with GAO oversight.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Technology
Primary Purpose
Requires federal agencies to conduct comprehensive software entitlement assessments, develop enterprise licensing plans to reduce costs, and mandates OMB to create a government-wide software management strategy with GAO oversight.
Policy Domains
Federal Software Asset Management Oversight
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal taxpayers
- Agency CIOs
- Open-source software community
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal agencies (compliance)
- Enterprise software vendors
- Cloud service providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, Federal agencies, Federal agency CIOs
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Federal agencies
Negative-direction: Federal agency CIOs, Federal agency CIOs and procurement officers, General Services Administration, Government Accountability Office, Office of Management and Budget
Cloud service providers, Cloud service providers (AWS, Azure), Enterprise software vendors
Positive-direction: Open-source software providers
Negative-direction: Cloud service providers, Cloud service providers (AWS, Azure), Enterprise software vendors, Enterprise software vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Director"
- → Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- "Administrator"
- → Administrator of General Services
- "Comptroller General"
- → Comptroller General of the United States (GAO)
- "Chief Information Officer"
- → Agency CIO or equivalent official
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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