VA warned to better track the $1 billion spent to license software before making new acquisitions

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Barrett and other Republican lawmakers also cited President Donald Trump’s executive order in March for consolidating government purchases including information technology through the General Services Administration. GAO published a report last year with “alarming findings about the state of software license management at VA,” Barrett said. Harris discussed two prior GAO reports — conducted in January 2024 and November 2024 — that reviewed how well the VA monitored software licenses. The GAO also found restrictive software licensing practices that adversely impacted cloud computing efforts. Harris said VA identified $65 million in savings gained over three years through analysis and closer management of just one of its software licenses.

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