S 2340
114th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Performance measurement
MEGABYTE Act of 2016
Introduced: December 2, 2015
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 8, 2016
Held at the desk.
Jul 8, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 8, 2016
Received in the House.
Jul 7, 2016
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922)
Jul 7, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922)
Jun 28, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
Jun 28, 2016
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-289.
Feb 10, 2016
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 2, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 2, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2015 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2015
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall:
- identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
- require each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.
Each agency shall report to OMB in each fiscal year through FY2018 on the savings from improved software license management.
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Held at the desk.
Committees of jurisdiction
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