The SAMOSA Act, reintroduced by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, would overhaul IT purchasing practices across the federal government.

With manual reforms and new software tools, the VA has already recognized $136 million in cost avoidance, a top VA software official testified.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats are backing tech bills aimed at government efficiency but haven't heard much from Elon Musk’s crew.

Backers of the bill to improve federal oversight of software acquisition practices are hopeful it clears the Senate before the end of the year.

In a letter shared with FedScoop, the trade groups press Senate and House leadership on taking up the SAMOSA Act before the end of the term.

Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform and Foundry software will support the young health research agency’s data infrastructure and track the progress of its programs.

This week marks the beginning of the agency’s collection of self-attestation forms from software providers and offerers.

Letters of attestation will not be required for open-source software and agency CIOs will have the authority to designate software as “agency-developed”.

The report says Microsoft and Oracle received at least 25% to 30% of government sales over the last decade through less than fully competitive procurements.

FedScoop looks back at some of the most consequential developments in federal IT policy over the past year.