Bill to overhaul federal software buying gets another shot in the Senate

Bill to overhaul federal software buying gets another shot in the Senate

Congress has better agency software buying practices in its sights once again, with a bipartisan group of six senators reintroducing a bill Wednesday that would strengthen federal oversight and management of such purchases. The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act, which would require independent assessments of federal software licensing agreements and call on agencies to develop cost-savings plans, has b…

Senate dishes out second helping of SAMOSA to kill costly software licenses

House version of software license management bill introduced in March has yet to budge amid distractions Sloppy government software licensing practices are back on the menu in the US Senate. …