Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2340
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2015 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall: 
 
 
identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
 
require each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.
 
 
Each agency shall report to OMB in each fiscal year through FY2018 on the savings from improved software license management. 

action_date: 2016-06-28
text: 

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall: 
 
 
identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
 
require each CIO to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.
 
 
Each CIO shall report to OMB in each of the six fiscal years after this bill's enactment on the savings from improved software license management. 

action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 28, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall: 
 
 
identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
 
require each CIO to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.
 
 
Each CIO shall report to OMB in each of the six fiscal years after this bill's enactment on the savings from improved software license management. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922)
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922)
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-289.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-289.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in Senate