3.0.0 1008 2023-01-11T13:27:28Z 2023-01-11T13:27:28Z Senate S 2015-04-20 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-20T18:50:45Z A bill to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans to achieve energy cost savings. 114 1039 S 2015-04-30 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2015-04-20 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-04-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. N Government Operations and Politics Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Energy efficiency and conservation Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Performance measurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-04-20 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-18T19:18:44Z Requires the heads of specified federal agencies, assisted by their chief information officers, to submit in FY2015-FY2019 to the Office of E-Government and Information Technology of the Office of Management and Budget: (1) a comprehensive asset inventory of the data centers owned, operated, or maintained by or on behalf of such agencies; and (2) an updated consolidation plan for such data centers. Requires the Inspector General of each specified agency to issue a public report evaluating the completeness of agency inventories.

Requires the Office of E-Government and Information Technology to: (1) establish the deadline each year for agencies to submit information required by this Act; (2) develop and publish a goal for the total amount of planned cost savings through the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative during a five-year period and report on the actual savings achieved through the Initiative; and (3) report to Congress on data center cost savings. Directs the Government Accountability Office to publish an annual report on agency asset inventory and consolidation plans and agency implementation of such plans.

Requires agencies that are required to implement a data center consolidation plan and migrate to cloud computing to do so in a manner consistent with federal guidelines on cloud computing security, including applicable provisions in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program of the General Services Administration and guidance published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Authorizes the Director of National Intelligence to waive requirements of this Act for any element of the intelligence community.

Repeals this Act effective on October 1, 2019.

]]> A bill to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans. Display Title A bill to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1008is/xml/BILLS-114s1008is.xml 2015-04-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.