Sec. 205. Cost savings related to data center optimization
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Each covered agency shall track costs resulting from implementation of the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within the agency and submit a report on those costs annually to the Federal Chief Information Officer. Covered agencies shall determine the net costs from data consolidation on an annual basis. In calculating net costs each year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall use the following factors: Energy costs. Personnel costs. Real estate costs. Capital expense costs.
Maintenance and support costs such as operating subsystem, database, hardware, and software license expense costs. Other appropriate costs, as determined by the agency in consultation with the Federal Chief Information Officer. Each covered agency shall track realized and projected savings resulting from implementation of the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within the agency and submit a report on those savings annually to the Federal Chief Information Officer. Covered agencies shall determine the net savings from data consolidation on an annual basis.
In calculating net savings each year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall use the following factors: Energy savings. Personnel savings. Real estate savings. Capital expense savings. Maintenance and support savings such as operating subsystem, database, hardware, and software license expense savings. Other appropriate savings, as determined by the agency in consultation with the Federal Chief Information Officer. The Federal Chief Information Officer shall make publicly available a summary of realized and projected savings for each covered agency.
The Federal Chief Information Officer shall identify any covered agency that failed to provide the annual report required under paragraph (1). Covered agencies shall use the most cost-effective measures to implement the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative, such as using estimation to measure or track costs and savings using a methodology approved by the Federal Chief Information Officer. Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall examine methods for calculating savings from the Initiative and using them for the purposes identified in subsection (d), including establishment and use of a special revolving fund that supports data centers and server optimization, and shall submit to the Federal Chief Information Officer and Congress a report on the Comptroller General’s findings and recommendations.