Hurd Helps Reform Federal IT Spending

This waste of taxpayer dollars is an example of government bureaucracy at its worst Hurd says Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. On Friday the President signed The MEGABYTE Act into law reforming the way government agencies manage software. Under the new law sponsored by U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and cosponsored by U.S. Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) federal agencies will be required to inventory and analyze software license spending and establish new goals and metrics for software management. The MEGABYTE Act is expected to result in savings in the billions of dollars spent each year on software.

Last year alone the federal government spent more than $9 billion dollars managing software yet many agencies do not have a full accounting of what they own. This results in duplicative spending. This waste of taxpayer dollars is an example of government bureaucracy at its worst" said Rep. Hurd who chairs the House Subcommittee on Information Technology. I am pleased to have worked with my Democratic colleague from Pennsylvania Mr. Cartwright on this bipartisan legislation to make our digital infrastructure more efficient cost effective and secure so that we can bring government into the 21^st Century."