From: InformationWeek/Government
Failure to adopt best practices leads agencies to overpay for software, says GAO report.
The federal government is wasting millions of dollars each year through poor management of software licenses, according a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
Federal agencies purchase thousands of software licenses annually. But the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the majority of agencies lack adequate policies for managing those licenses, said the congressional watchdog agency.
In the course of its investigation, the GAO found that only two of the 24 major federal agencies have comprehensive polices that include the establishment of clear roles and central oversight authority to manage enterprise software license agreements. Of the remainder, 18 agencies have policies in place but they are not comprehensive, and four agencies have no policies in place.
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