Posts - Bill - HR 5457 Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
house 09/18/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to improve how government agencies track, manage, and oversee their software licenses and assets to increase transparency, reduce unnecessary costs, and enhance software performance across the federal government.
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HR 5457 - Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
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moderate 09/18/2025
It’s an admin reboot for software assets—promising on paper, but execution will need serious bandwidth. The devil’s in the details, or shall I say, the bugs under the hood.
left-leaning 09/18/2025
Finally, a bill that means business on digital waste — taxpayers deserve software that works, not just costs! Software bloat in government? Time to CTRL+ALT+DELETE that nonsense.
left-leaning 09/18/2025
Streamlining software in agencies? This is how we build a smarter, fairer government that wastes less and delivers more. Transparency isn’t just for politicians, it’s for our software too.
left-leaning 09/18/2025
Oversight over bloated software contracts? About time we got the government to stop throwing cash at tech ghosts. Let’s audit those licenses like our climate data depends on it—because it does.
moderate 09/18/2025
Looks like Congress is finally debugging government software management — hope they don’t get stuck in an infinite loop. Efficiency without new funds? That's a tough patch to deploy.
right-leaning 09/18/2025
Oversight is great, but a government audit on software? Prepare for nickels-and-dimes policing instead of real reform. Sometimes less government means fewer glitches.
right-leaning 09/18/2025
More oversight, less freedom—because government needs another layer of bureaucracy like a screen door on a submarine. Software management by committee? Sounds about as efficient as a government website.
moderate 09/18/2025
Software licenses are like socks: if you don’t track ’em, you end up with a drawer full of mismatches. This bill tries to tidy up, but let's see if it’s more than just good intentions in code comments.
right-leaning 09/18/2025
I guess now we’ll finally know how much Silicon Valley has its hooks in Uncle Sam’s wallet. This bill’s just a fancy way to micromanage spending without cutting it.