Below you will find the original text of OMB Memos, Executive Orders and GAO Reports related to FDCCI. These federal government documents spell out exactly what's working and what isn't, and why reform is needed. They provide guidance on everything from how to consolidate data centers and increase energy to how to dispose of unneeded or outdated equipment and savings goals. They also detail the steps to make change happen.
These memos, executive orders and reports are critical documents, because they set expectations for federal agencies from the top down and provide accountability for agency progress.
OMB Memo: Fiscal Year 2013 PortfolioStat Guidance: Strengthening Federal IT Portfolio Management – March 27, 2013
Released on March 27 by the White House, this memorandum builds upon the successes of PortfolioStat to date by highlighting lessons learned, integrating PortfolioStat and the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), streamlining agency reporting requirements, and establishing guidance for the conduct of PortfolioStat sessions in FY2013.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-09.pdf
GAO Report—July 2012
Data Center Consolidation: Agencies Making Progress on Efforts, but Inventories and Plans Need to Be Completed
http://gao.gov/assets/600/592696.pdf
GAO Report to Congress – May 31, 2012
Managing for Results: GAO’s Work Related to the Interim Crosscutting Priority Goals under the GPRA Modernization Act
Discusses GAO Recommendations on how to better deal with programs that are fragmented between agencies or carried out by multiple agencies, including the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative.
http://gao.gov/assets/600/591283.pdf
OMB Memo – March 19, 2012
Implementation Guidance for the Federal Data Center Consolidation lnitiative (FDCCI). This memorandum provides further implementation guidance, including updates and changes, with an updated schedule of deliverables under the FDCCI.
http://www.cio.gov/documents/CIO_Memo_FDCCI_Deliverables_Van_Roekel_3-19-12.pdf
OMB Memo – July 20, 2011 This memo for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) revisits the purpose of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) and provides a schedule of deliverables. It also describes the roles of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Task Force, which ensures that best practices are being implemented.
http://www.cio.gov/documents/FDCCI-Update-Memo-07202011.pdf
GAO Report: Agencies Need to Complete Inventories and Plans to Achieve Expected Savings – July 2011
This report details the problems agencies are having in meeting data consolidation required goals and takes agencies to task for it.
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OMB Memo – October 1, 2010
Since the previous memo, eight months passed allowing agencies to collect and refine inventory of their data center by following two common definitions and a peer review process. To learn more about these common definitions, download
here.
Presidential Memorandum: Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate – June 10, 2010
This memo directs executive departments and agencies to quickly identify and eliminate excess properties and make better use of remaining property assets. It also reinforces the need to significantly reduce data centers within five years.
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OMB Memo – February 26, 2010
This memo summarizes what the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative plan is and discusses items such as promoting the use of Green IT, hardware, software and operations cost reduction, IT security and moving to more efficient computing platforms.
http://www.cio.gov/documents/Federal-Data-Center-Consolidation-Initiative-02-26-2010.pdf
Executive Order: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance – October 5, 2009
This Executive Order sets sustainability goals for federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance.
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