,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #b1  
#bjae ,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,peters7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,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 #bjae or the      
,,megabyte ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,,omb    
,directive on management of software    
licenses  7a7 ,definition ,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 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         
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     
fiscal year thereafter through fiscal   
year #bjah1 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