The SAMOSA Act will now move forward to be debated by lawmakers on the floor of the upper chamber.

The proposed legislation replicates the SAMOSA Act, which was proposed in September.

IT acquisition specialists caution that the legislation could affect the choice of software services available to agencies over the long term.

Work on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act is being led by committee chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-MI.

All agencies managed to ace the software licensing metric, resulting in its retirement in favor of one gauging their telecommunications transitions.

Experts are hopeful Congress' recent interest in the EIS transition could give agencies a new urgency to move to the contract and reap the cost-savings benefits.

More mobile devices, more updates to apps — agencies like the USDA and the Air Force are confronting how to keep track of what software is on…

The latest iteration of the so-called FITARA shows an upward trend for agencies, due in large part to improvements in software licensing.

The combination of the three categories took agencies from a potential spread of five As, 14 Bs and 5 Cs to only three Bs, 12 Cs, eight…

A new report found compliance problems with the agency's software license management program once cost it $26.8 million in penalties.