S 1956 · in committee · major
Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- Federal agencies must assess their software inventory and create management plans to track what software they own and use.
- All executive branch agencies must document their software costs, licenses, contracts, and usage restrictions.
- Within two years, OMB must recommend improvements to federal software procurement to reduce costs and improve interoperability.
Generated by claude-haiku-4-5
Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might federal agencies currently lacking software inventory systems implement tracking requirements without significant additional staffing costs?
- 02
What specific metrics should OMB use to measure success in reducing software procurement costs across executive branch agencies?
- 03
Could standardizing software management practices across agencies create conflicts with individual agency operational needs or security requirements?
Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.
Sponsor · D-MI
Gary C. Peters
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
5/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-04
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-06-04 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-06-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
Citizen comments
Sign in to comment on this bill.
No comments yet — be the first.