Ernst Works to Bring Washington Out of the Stone Age

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus, introduced the bipartisan Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act that aims to bring government computer systems out of the Stone Age by consolidating the cloud computing software licenses to save taxpayers $750 million a year.

“The federal government's ancient computers and outdated, noncompetitive bidding process for software contracts cost taxpayers hundreds of millions every year,” said Ernst. “Through the SAMOSA Act, we can bring Washington out of the Stone Age and into the 21st Century to save Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars. Let’s pass this bipartisan bill to force federal agencies to take commonsense steps when purchasing software.”

The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Bill Cassidy (R-La), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

Background:

Last November, Ernst included this idea as part of her proposal to save $2 trillion in waste with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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