Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4904
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-04-12
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
Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-210.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>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: (1) require the CIO of each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses; (2) track and maintain such licenses; (3) analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions; (4) provide software license management training; (5) establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program; and (6) consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.</p> <p>The CIO of each executive agency must report to OMB, beginning in the first fiscal year after this Act's enactment and in each of the following five fiscal years, on the savings from improved software license management.</p>

action_date: 2016-05-23
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>(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: (1) require the CIO of each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses; (2) track and maintain such licenses; (3) analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions; (4) provide software license management training; (5) establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program; and (6) consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.</p> <p>The CIO of each executive agency must report to the OMB, beginning in the first fiscal year after this Act's enactment and in each of the following five fiscal years, on the savings from improved software license management.</p>

action_date: 2016-06-07
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded House reported version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>(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: (1) require the CIO of each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses; (2) track and maintain such licenses; (3) analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions; (4) provide software license management training; (5) establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program; and (6) consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.</p> <p>The CIO of each executive agency must report to the OMB, beginning in the first fiscal year after this Act's enactment and in each of the following five fiscal years, on the savings from improved software license management.</p>

action_date: 2016-07-14
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded House reported version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>(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: (1) require the CIO of each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses; (2) track and maintain such licenses; (3) analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions; (4) provide software license management training; (5) establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program; and (6) consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.</p> <p>The CIO of each executive agency must report to the OMB, beginning in the first fiscal year after this Act's enactment and in each of the following five fiscal years, on the savings from improved software license management.</p>

action_date: 2016-07-29
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded House reported version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>(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: (1) require the CIO of each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses; (2) track and maintain such licenses; (3) analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions; (4) provide software license management training; (5) establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program; and (6) consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.</p> <p>The CIO of each executive agency must report to the OMB, beginning in the first fiscal year after this Act's enactment and in each of the following five fiscal years, on the savings from improved software license management.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4904 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 12, 2016 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. Duckworth , and Mr. Cummings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016 . 2. OMB Directive on management of software licenses (a) Definition In this section— (1) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (b) OMB Directive The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall— (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and (2) require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to— (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools; (B) regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle; (C) analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions; (D) provide training relevant to software license management; (E) establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the executive agency; and (F) consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics. (c) Report on software license management (1) In general Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from improved software license management. (2) Availability The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 457 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4904 [Report No. 114–587] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 12, 2016 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. Duckworth , and Mr. Cummings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform May 23, 2016 Additional sponsors: Mr. Russell , Mr. Blum , Mr. Hurd of Texas , Mr. Palmer , Mr. Gibson , Mr. Knight , Ms. Norton , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Renacci , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Costa , Mr. Lance , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Gosar , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Joyce , and Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia May 23, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016 . 2. OMB Directive on management of software licenses (a) Definition In this section— (1) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (b) OMB Directive The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall— (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and (2) require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to— (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools; (B) regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle; (C) analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions; (D) provide training relevant to software license management; (E) establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the executive agency; and (F) consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics. (c) Report on software license management (1) In general Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from improved software license management. (2) Availability The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.

May 23, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4904 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016 . 2. OMB Directive on management of software licenses (a) Definition In this section— (1) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (b) OMB Directive The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall— (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and (2) require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to— (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools; (B) regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle; (C) analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions; (D) provide training relevant to software license management; (E) establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the executive agency; and (F) consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics. (c) Report on software license management (1) In general Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from improved software license management. (2) Availability The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.

Passed the House of Representatives June 7, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4904 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 8, 2016 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016 . 2. OMB Directive on management of software licenses (a) Definition In this section— (1) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (b) OMB Directive The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall— (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and (2) require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to— (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools; (B) regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle; (C) analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions; (D) provide training relevant to software license management; (E) establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the executive agency; and (F) consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics. (c) Report on software license management (1) In general Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from improved software license management. (2) Availability The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.

Passed the House of Representatives June 7, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: IB One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen H. R. 4904 AN ACT To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016 . 2. OMB Directive on management of software licenses (a) Definition In this section— (1) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (b) OMB Directive The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall— (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and (2) require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to— (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools; (B) regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle; (C) analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions; (D) provide training relevant to software license management; (E) establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the executive agency; and (F) consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics. (c) Report on software license management (1) In general Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from improved software license management. (2) Availability The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.

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