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BLOG  FDCCI – Lowering Costs & Environmental Impact of Government IT

Date: October 07, 2011
Type: Blog

At DOT, we view FDCCI as an opportunity to leverage new technologies and surplus data center capacity to achieve further cost savings and cost avoidance.

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ARTICLE  The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative

Date: October 07, 2011
Type: Article

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ARTICLE  Shutting Down Duplicative Data Centers

Date: July 20, 2011
Type: Article

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BLOG  Shutting Down Duplicative Data Centers

Date: July 20, 2011
Type: Blog

Just as our cell phones and computers have gotten progressively more efficient over the past decade, so too have data servers. However, the government has not taken advantage of the increasing efficiency of data storage.

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NEWS  IT Reform: Tracking Federal IT Infrastructure Consolidation

Date: June 02, 2011
Type: News

Two new resources created under the 25-Point Plan will help track progress on the Federal Government’s data center consolidation...

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ARTICLE  Cracking Down on Wasteful, Duplicative Spending

Date: May 03, 2011
Type: Article

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BLOG  Cracking Down on Wasteful, Duplicative Spending

Date: May 03, 2011
Type: Blog

For too long, the Federal Government allowed the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars to fund ineffective and duplicative projects, failing to leverage advances in technology to achieve savings. The result is that taxpayer dollars have been wasted. This should never be tolerated, but...

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NEWS  IT Reform: Energy TechStat Examines Identity Program

Date: May 03, 2011
Type: News

In an effort to improve the performance of one of the Department of Energy (DOE) major IT investments, an agency TechStat review was recently...

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NEWS  White House Forum Details Progress on IT Reforms

Date: April 27, 2011
Type: News

From 1:30 to 2:30PM EST today, the White House Forum on Transforming Federal IT Management provided an update on how the Administration is changing the way the Federal government uses IT to save money and deliver better...

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NEWS  IT Reform: A Platform for Sharing Lessons Learned

Date: April 13, 2011
Type: News

Today marks the soft launch of the Federal CIO Council’s Best Practices platform, an online resource that promotes learning and collaboration. By centrally aggregating best practices, the platform will help cultivate how information is...

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NEWS  IT Reform: Agencies Hold First TechStat Sessions

Date: March 25, 2011
Type: News

Agency-level TechStat sessions are currently under way, with 24 Federal CIO Council agencies on track to have held their first TechStat by March 31. As of March 25, 15 agencies have already held their first...

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NEWS  IT Reform: Results of Review Sessions

Date: March 22, 2011
Type: News

In a White House “White Board” video released March 16, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra discusses how the

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NEWS  IT Reform: ITWCA Survey Analysis Training Begins March 22

Date: March 18, 2011
Type: News

Thanks to all who participated in the 2011 IT Workforce Capability Assessment (ITWCA) survey. In the next phase of the project, training will be provided to agency human capital planners on March 22, 24, and 31 to extract and analyze the data collected. Planners will be able to analyze data...

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VIDEO  White Board: The IT Dashboard & the Value of Transparency

Date: March 16, 2011
Type: Video

In this White House White Board, U.S. Chief Information Office Vivek Kundra explains how the IT Dashboard website helped save $3 billion in taxpayer funds and make government more efficient by shining a light on the federal government’s IT projects.

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NEWS  IT Reform: TechStat Video Tutorial Released

Date: March 15, 2011
Type: News

The TechStat video tutorial launched today to assist Federal CIO Council agencies with standing up their own TechStat sessions. The video provides an overview of the TechStat process, and is part of a...

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NEWS  Last Chance To Participate in the ITWCA Survey

Date: February 24, 2011
Type: News

Time’s running out for Federal IT workers to take the IT Workforce Capability Assessment (ITWCA) survey, which has been extended to Friday, March 4.

All Federal civilian IT employees are urged to participate in the ITWCA,...

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ARTICLE  Time’s Running Out To Take the ITWCA Survey

Date: February 23, 2011
Type: Article

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NEWS  IT Reform: Agencies Prepare to Evaluate Investments via TechStats

Date: February 17, 2011
Type: News

Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) kicked off in-person TechStat training sessions, assisting CIO Council agencies in preparing to hold agency-level Read Related Article


NEWS  IT Reform: TechStat Toolkit Now Available

Date: February 04, 2011
Type: News

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced the launch of the TechStat Toolkit today, enabling Federal agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of their IT investments through TechStat—a face-to-face, evidence-based review...

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NEWS  2011 IT Workforce Capability Assessment (ITWCA) Survey Launches

Date: January 18, 2011
Type: News

Beginning today, the Government IT workforce will be able to weigh in on the future of Federal IT. All Federal civilian IT employees are invited to take the ITWCA, an anonymous online survey from the

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