[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12704-12705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04751]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-ME-2022-01; Docket No. 2022-0002; Sequence No. 1]


Notice of GSA Live Webinar Regarding Data Center Sustainability

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Virtual meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: GSA is hosting a Data Center Sustainability Summit to obtain 
information from federal and industry communities. The summit focuses 
on the energy, environment, and infrastructure benefits that result 
from IT modernization and a transition from government-owned data 
centers to commercially-owned facilities, cloud computing, or software-
as-a-service that can help the Federal Government reach its 
sustainability goals.

DATES: Wednesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., 
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

ADDRESSES: This is a virtual event and the call-in information will be 
made available upon registration. All attendees, including industry 
partners, must register for the ZoomGov event here: https://gsa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/9816439918053/WN_KkzAepS7TXCqg7gEvcUXRA.
    Members of the press, in addition to registering for this event, 
must also RSVP to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Santucci at 
[email protected] or 202-230-4822.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Biden Administration established government-wide sustainability 
goals in the 2021 Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries 
and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability (E.O. 14057, located at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/12/08/executive-order-on-catalyzing-clean-energy-industries-and-jobs-through-federal-sustainability/) and its accompanying Federal Sustainability 
Plan (located at https://www.sustainability.gov/federalsustainabilityplan/index.html).
    The E.O. communicates five government-wide goals for tackling the 
climate crisis:

 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030
 100 percent zero-emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035
 Net-zero emissions from federal procurement no later than 2050
 A net-zero emissions building portfolio by 2045
 Net-zero emissions from overall federal operations by 2050

    As the current Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) policy 
(M-21-05, available here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/M-21-05.pdf) is set to sunset at the end of Fiscal Year 
2022, GSA is interested in obtaining information about sustainability 
best practices for IT infrastructure that could help inform the 
development of new DCOI metrics.

Format

    The Data Center and Cloud Sustainability and Resiliency Summit 
convenes leaders from the federal government and industry for an 
educational forum to discuss how adoption of modern IT solutions is 
critical to the country's transition to clean, zero-emissions 
technologies. Additionally, this summit seeks to explore these 
solutions' additional economic and national security benefits. If you 
have questions for the panelists about their sustainability initiatives 
and technologies, submit them via email to [email protected] by COB March 
25th, 2022.

Special Accommodations

    For those who need accommodations, ZoomGov will have an option to 
turn on closed captioning. If additional accommodations are needed, 
please indicate this on the ZoomGov registration form.

Live Webinar Speakers (Subject To Change Without Notice)

Hosted by

 GSA/Office of Government-wide Policy.

Sponsored by

 Federal Chief Information Officers Council
 Information Technology Industry Council

Also co-sponsored by

 Data Center Coalition

Keynote Speakers

 Special Guest, TBD

                                 Agenda
                   [Subject to change without notice]
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                Day 1
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             Start time
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10:00 a.m...........................  Opening Remarks.
10:05 a.m...........................  Opening Keynote: Topic TBD.
10:25 a.m...........................  Panel #1: IT Infrastructure and
                                       America's Path to Net-Zero
                                       Emissions by 2050.
11:00 a.m...........................  Panel #2: A Mission-First Approach
                                       to Leveraging the Cloud.
11:35 a.m...........................  Panel #3: Case Study 1--Data
                                       Center CoLo Benefits.
12:00 p.m...........................  Break: Industry Tech Talks.
1:00 p.m............................  Panel #4: Cloud Computing Benefits
                                       to Agency Missions.
1:30 p.m............................  Panel #5: Cloud Service Providers.
2:10 p.m............................  Panel #6: Department of Defense.
2:35 p.m............................  Panel #7: Data Center
                                       Sustainability Strategies and
                                       Initiatives.
3:00 p.m............................  Panel #8: Case Study 2--Data
                                       Center CoLo Benefits.
3:25 p.m............................  Panel #9: Powering the
                                       Supercomputers of Today.
3:55 p.m............................  Conclusion Remarks.
4:00 p.m............................  Day 1 Concludes.
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                Day 2
-------------------------------------                Topic
             Start time
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10:00 a.m...........................  Opening Remarks.
10:05 a.m...........................  Opening Keynote: Topic TBD.
10:20 a.m...........................  Panel #1: Innovation in Data
                                       Centers.
10:30 a.m...........................  Panel #2: Revitalizing Underserved
                                       Communities with Disruptive Data
                                       Center Technologies.
11:05 a.m...........................  Panel #3: ``Greening'' Federal IT
                                       Purchasing.
11:35 a.m...........................  Panel #4: Software as a Service
                                       Providers.
12:00 p.m...........................  Break: Industry Tech Talks.
1:00 p.m............................  Panel #5: Federal Government and
                                       the ``Green Grid''.
1:40 p.m............................  Roundtable 1: Former Government
                                       Leaders on Future Data Center
                                       Metrics.
2:40 p.m............................  Roundtable 2: Industry on Future
                                       Data Center Metrics.
3:40 p.m............................  Closing Keynote.
3:55 p.m............................  Conclusion Remarks.

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4:00 p.m............................  Day 2 Concludes.
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Thomas Santucci,
GSA IT Modernization Director, General Services Administration.
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