<s>
The	O
Making	O
Electronic	O
Government	O
Accountable	O
By	O
Yielding	O
Tangible	O
Efficiencies	O
Act	O
of	O
2016	O
(	O
or	O
the	O
MEGABYTE	B-Application
Act	I-Application
of	I-Application
2016	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
United	O
States	O
federal	O
law	O
which	O
requires	O
the	O
Director	O
of	O
the	O
Office	O
of	O
Management	O
and	O
Budget	O
to	O
issue	O
a	O
directive	O
on	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
software	B-License
licenses	I-License
by	O
the	O
US	O
federal	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
directive	O
will	O
require	O
the	O
chief	O
information	O
officer	O
(	O
CIO	O
)	O
of	O
each	O
federal	O
agency	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
software	B-License
licensing	I-License
policy	O
covering	O
roles	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
software	B-Application
license	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
an	O
inventory	O
of	O
software	B-License
licenses	I-License
held	O
by	O
the	O
agency	O
,	O
an	O
analysis	O
of	O
software	O
usage	O
and	O
agency	O
goals	O
covering	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
software	O
within	O
the	O
agency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agency	O
CIO	O
must	O
subsequently	O
report	O
after	O
one	O
year	O
and	O
then	O
at	O
five-yearly	O
intervals	O
of	O
the	O
financial	O
savings	O
which	O
have	O
resulted	O
from	O
improved	O
software	B-Application
license	I-Application
management	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
accordance	O
with	O
the	O
act	O
requirements	O
,	O
OMB	O
published	O
M-16-12	O
Category	O
Management	O
Policy	O
16-1	O
:	O
Improving	O
the	O
Acquisition	O
and	O
Management	O
of	O
Common	O
Information	O
Technology	O
:	O
Software	B-License
Licensing	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
a	O
continual	O
agency-wide	O
inventory	O
of	O
software	B-License
licenses	I-License
,	O
Ongoing	O
analysis	O
of	O
license	O
utilization	O
,	O
and	O
reporting	O
of	O
cost	O
savings/avoidance	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
this	O
policy	O
.	O
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