US gov't agency overspent on software, licenses

07.02.2006

Officials at the DOE could not be reached for comment. But in a written response that was included in Friedman's report, Adrian Gardner, the DOE's deputy CIO, said his office concurred with the IG's findings and recommendations and indicated that steps have already been taken to address the problems -- including efforts to renegotiate and consolidate software license agreements for a common office automation suite.