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Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at a Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) press conference in Washington D.C., on Feb. 7, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House passes agency software-buying bill, waits on Senate again

It’s Groundhog Day for the SAMOSA Act, which cleared the lower chamber Monday and now waits for the Senate to take it up before this congressional term…
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., participates in a House Oversight Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Agency software-buying bill advances in the House

The SAMOSA Act, which would require agencies to review their IT purchases and streamline buying decisions, has been in this position before.
Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, takes her seat for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on June 12, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Federal software buying bill is back in play in the House

The SAMOSA Act, reintroduced by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, would overhaul IT purchasing practices across the federal government.
Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., conducts a news conference with freshmen women during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on March 13, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House Democrats seek block on DOGE access to Agriculture Department data

The head of the Farm Service Agency said in a letter that “efficiency employees” have security clearance, but Rep. McClain Delaney has questions about what is being…
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