The Harlow Report-GIS
2023 Edition
ISSN 0742-468X
Since 1978
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first published week of: 04/03/2023
Senators Try Again to Advance Software License Bill
by Carten Cordell
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) have brought back the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act with a few new changes after the proposal came up short last fall.
A pair of senators are bringing back proposed legislation to drive agency cost savings through enterprise software licensing and oversight of the efficiency of software use.
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in a statement Wednesday that they were reintroducing the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets, or SAMOSA, Act in an effort to help gain more visibility into the software licenses agencies use and how to better manage them.
“By requiring federal agencies to better track their software purchases, this commonsense, bipartisan bill will reduce waste, save taxpayer dollars, strengthen cybersecurity and modernize government operations to help ensure the federal government can more effectively serve taxpayers,” Peters said in a statement.
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