Data Center Optimization: Continued Agency Actions Needed to Meet Goals and Address Prior Recommendations, Report to Congressional Committees

摘要

In December 2014, Congress enacted federal IT [information technology] acquisition reform legislation that included provisions related to ongoing federal data center consolidation efforts. OMB's [Office of Management and Budget] Federal Chief Information Officer launched DCOI [Data Center Organization Initiative] to build on prior data center consolidation efforts; improve federal data centers' performance; and establish goals for inventory closures, cost savings and avoidances, and optimization performance. The 2014 legislation also included a provision for GAO [Government Accountability Office] to annually review agencies' data center inventories and strategies. Accordingly, GAO reviewed agencies' data center closures to date and plans for further closures; evaluated agencies' progress in achieving consolidation savings and described their plans for future savings; and assessed agencies' progress against OMB's data center optimization targets. To do so, GAO assessed the 24 DCOI agencies' data center inventories as of August 2017; reviewed their reported cost savings documentation; evaluated their data center optimization strategic plans; and assessed 22 agencies' progress against OMB's established optimization targets. Two agencies did not have a basis to report planned optimization milestones. OMB and the 24 DCOI agencies provided mixed responses to GAO's findings on the progress made towards initiative goals. GAO continues to believe that implementation of the recommendations made previously will help the agencies meet OMB's targets for cost savings and optimization of performance.