[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2340 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2340
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 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''.
SEC. 2. OMB DIRECTIVE ON MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE LICENSES.
(a) Definitions.--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 decision-making 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 Senate July 7, 2016.
Attest:
Secretary.
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2340
_______________________________________________________________________
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.