#aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#bcdj  ,,an ,,act  ,to require the      
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget to issue a directive on the 
management of software licenses1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,making       
,electronic ,government ,accountable ,by
 ,yielding ,tangible ,efficiencies ,act 
of #bjaf or the ,,megabyte ,act of      
#bjaf4  #b4 ,,omb ,directive on         
management of software licenses  7a7    
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term ,director means the ,director of  
the ,office of ,management and ,budget2 
and  7#b7 the term ,executive agency has
 the meaning given that term in section 
#aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7b7 ,,omb ,directive ,the ,director   
shall issue a directive to require the  
,chief ,information ,officer of each    
,executive agency to develop a          
comprehensive software licensing policy1
 which shall--  7#a7 identify clear     
roles1 responsibilities1 and central    

oversight authority within the          
,executive agency for managing          
enterprise software license agreements  
and commercial software licenses2 and   
7#b7 require the ,chief ,information    
,officer of each ,executive agency to-- 
7,a7 establish a comprehensive          
inventory1 including #hj percent of     
software license spending and enterprise
 licenses in the ,executive agency1 by  
identifying and collecting information  
about software license agreements using 
automated discovery and inventory tools2
  7,b7 regularly track and maintain     
software licenses to assist the         
,executive agency in implementing       
decisions throughout the software       
license management life cycle2  7,c7    
analyze software usage and other data to
 make cost-effective decisions2  7,d7   
provide training relevant to software   
license management2  7,e7 establish     
goals and objectives of the software    
license management program of the       
,executive agency2 and  7,f7 consider   

the software license management life    
cycle phases1 including the requisition1
 reception1 deployment and maintenance1 
retirement1 and disposal phases1 to     
implement effective decision-making and 
incorporate existing standards1         
processes1 and metrics4  7c7 ,report on 
software license management  7#a7 ,in   
general ,beginning in the first fiscal  
year beginning after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 and in each of  
the following #e fiscal years1 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 
management4  7#b7 ,availability ,the    
,director shall make each report        
submitted under paragraph 7#a7          
publically available4  ,passed the      
,senate ,july #g1 #bjaf4,secretary