Federal Manager's Daily Report

GSA’s office of government-wide policy will serve as the managing partner of the data center optimization initiative, helping agencies to—in GSA’s words—“develop and report on data center strategies to consolidate infrastructure, improve existing facilities, achieve cost savings, and transition to more efficient infrastructure, such as cloud and shared services.”

It said that agencies can use services including:

* Tools to monitor, measure, manage and control data center utilization and energy consumption of all IT-related equipment.

* Federal Acquisition Service contract vehicles and the Acquisition Gateway platform, and expertise from the Unified Shared Services Management.

* A qualification process to become service providers, with common service and financial models.

* Information on cloud service providers and guidance on how to comply with mandates for transitioning to cloud services.

* Partnering with industry to identify best practices for shared services and tools to support automated infrastructure management.

* Planning for policy managers, data center program managers, facilities managers, and representatives from OMB to collaborate on optimizing strategies.