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Senate panel seeks more detail on costs for agencies in amended software asset inventory bill

By Sara Friedman / September 29, 2022

The Senate Homeland Security Committee wants agencies to provide additional details on costs when conducting inventories of their software assets as required in a bill approved by the panel Wednesday through a substitute amendment.

Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced legislation last week that orders agencies to produce an inventory of current software that they use including “software entitlements.” The committee held a business meeting Wednesday to consider several bills.

The bill says agencies...


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