Federal CIO Vivek Kundra
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In the latest update in the ongoing initiative to consolidate government-wide data centers, federal CIO Vivek Kundra has implemented a new set of deadlines for federal agencies in which they must outline their consolidation plans on their websites by October 7.
Kundra, who will officially leave his position next month, sent out a memo Tuesday implementing new deadlines for agencies to submit quarterly schedules of data center closures from now through 2015, information on challenges experienced to date, and the lessons they have learned.
Last week, Kundra said the government was ahead of schedule in its consolidation efforts. In addition to closing 195 data centers by the end of 2011, he confirmed that federal agencies would shut down an additional 292 data centers over the next 18 months.
Once they publish their plans, federal agencies will be required to give details on cost savings, changes in asset inventories, and consolidation progress in fiscal 2013 budget submissions. All of this information will be due within the next few months.
The Federal Data Center Consolidation Task Force will publish a report by next March that will outline the agencies' consolidation best practices.
In addition to setting up deadlines, Kundra also highlighted the task force's main responsibilities, which include focusing on technical best practices, guidelines for consolidation, the correlation between cloud computing and data center consolidation, and how the consolidation initiative relates to green government and federal real estate initiatives.
The task force, the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget will all be responsible for developing a government-wide marketplace for remaining data center capacity, which is set to open ib June 9, 2012.
By 2015, the government is looking to shut down more than 800 data centers, which accounts for 40 percent of the total number of data centers in the country.
According to the White House, the initiative is estimated to save taxpayers $3 billion in the long haul.
GSA will host an industry day in August where vendors can offer their take on the data center consolidation initiative.
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