DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION: Agencies Making Progress, but Planned Savings Goals Need to Be Established
Abstract
In 2010, as the focal point for information technology management across the government, OMB's Federal Chief Information Officer launched the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative to reduce the growing number of centers. Information technology reform legislation was subsequently enacted in December 2014 that included a series of provisions related to the federal data center consolidation effort, including requiring agencies to report on cost savings and requiring GAO to annually review agency inventories and strategies. GAO's objectives were to (1) review agencies' data center closures to date and plans for further closures, (2) evaluate agencies' progress in achieving consolidation savings and describe plans for future savings, and (3) assess agencies' progress against OMBs data center optimization targets. To do so, GAO assessed agencies data center inventories, reviewed agency-reported cost savings and avoidance documentation, and compared agencies data center optimization data as of November 2015 against OMBs established targets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1156440
Entities
People
- David Powner
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office