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Army leadership applies pressure on data center consolidation

The Army's senior leaders want the service to beat its 2015 target to cut down the number of data centers it uses.

Tags: technology , Army , Susan Lawrence , Peter Chiarelli , IT efficiencies , acquisition , industry , network standards , Jared Serbu

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EXCLUSIVE: OMB has one-year focus with IT budget guidance

Agencies must report data center consolidation savings this week to OMB in preparation for 2013 budget request. The administration keeps the IT passback guidance short with a focus only on a few priorities over the next year.

Tags: technology , OMB , IT passback , cloud computing , e-government , line of business , performance management , Robert Shea , Grant Thornton , shared services , Jason Miller

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Air Force doubling down on IT efficiencies

The Air Force, already facing a $1.2 billion budget cut from its IT portfolio, is looking at how to cut another billion. The service is looking to application rationalization and other efficiencies to meet its targets.

Tags: DoD , Air Force , AFNET , enterprise email , enterprise services , IT efficiency , technology , Michael Basla , Jared Serbu , software consolidation ,

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DoD to save $3B with data center consolidation

DoD counted 772 data centers in 2010, and has closed 55 of them since then.

Tags: DoD Report , technology , budget , Federal Drive , Federal Times

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Air Force aims for one network by end of 2012

The Air Force intends to migrate most of its localized and non-standardized IT networks into a single system known as AFNET by the end of next year. The migration should enable enterprise services across the Air Force, but who will host and operate those services over the long term remains undecided.

Tags: DoD , technology , IT , Air Force , AFNET , Army , enterprise email , Nicholas Davenport , network consolidation , Jared Serbu

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Labor to rebalance IT workforce, modernize infrastructure

Tom Wiesner, Labor's deputy chief information officer, is working on a strategy to bring work contracted out to vendors back in-house.
March 3, 2011

Tags: Tom Wiesner , DoL , insourcing , technology , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , TIC

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Bureau of the Public Debt works to improve technology

Kim McCoy, chief information officer for the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Public Debt, tells Federal News Radio how her office is unlike most agencies - its dependence on contractors for technology support is limited.
December 16, 2010

Tags: Kim McCoy , Bureau of Public Debt , Federal Management Services , insourcing , cloud computing , technology , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , Treasury

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Census testing online data collection to prepare for 2020

Census Bureau CIO Brian McGrath said the agency is conducting 60 American Community Surveys online. Census also wants offices to virtualize all applications unless they can justify why it wouldn't work.
May 11, 2011

Tags: Census , 2020 Census , CIO , Brian McGrath , cloud computing , virtualization , telework , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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EXCLUSIVE: OMB guidance sets technology tone for 2010, beyond

Internal documents obtained by Federal ews Radio details administration's plans to require use of the secure identity card, cloud computing, data center consolidation and several other initiatives. Current and former government officials say OMB clarified its stance on how to move forward with many of the former Bush administration initiatives.

Tags: technology , management , Vivek Kundra , OMB , budget , e-government , Lines of Business , cloud computing , cybersecurity , grants management , HSPD-12 , teleworking , E-Travel

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Kundra explains change to PMA system

The Office of Management and Budget will ask agencies to conduct their second survey of data centers in the last nine months, but this one will have an eye toward major consolidation.

Tags: OMB , Vivek Kundra , PMAS , contracting , technology

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