Sec. 5. Government-wide strategy

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Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the Administrator and the Federal Chief Information Officers Council, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives a strategy that includes— proposals to support the adoption of Government-wide enterprise licenses for software entitlements identified through the comprehensive assessments and plans, including, where appropriate, a cost-benefit analysis; opportunities to leverage Government procurement policies and practices to increase interoperability of software entitlements acquired and deployed to reduce costs and improve performance; the incorporation of data on spending by agencies on, the performance of, and management by agencies of software entitlements as part of the information required under section 11302(c)(3)(B) of title 40, United States Code; where applicable, directions to agencies to examine options and relevant criteria for transitioning to open-source software; and any other information or data collected or analyzed by the Director.

With respect to the first budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall ensure that the strategy required under subsection

(a)of this section and the plan of each agency are included in the budget justification materials of each agency submitted in conjunction with that budget. With respect to the first 5 budgets of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, after the budget described in paragraph (1), the Director shall— designate performance metrics for agencies for common software licensing, management, and cost criteria; and ensure that the progress of each agency toward the performance metrics is included in the budget justification materials of the agency submitted in conjunction with that budget.