2. Consolidate and modernize government data processing centers. The GITS Working Group should develop a governmentwide data processing modernization plan by December 1994. The plan should complement the working group's strategic information technology vision for government resources and provide a road map for reducing the number of data processing centers within two years of the plan's approval. OMB should review the plan to ensure that these targets are met, and should require special justification of new requirements for stand-alone data processing installations. OMB, in cooperation with the GITS Working Group, should update and review the plan annually from a cross-government perspective in conjunction with agency budget submissions. Additional opportunities for consolidation and downsizing should be proposed by the working group and incorporated into annual government data processing modernization plans. For example, DOD developed a consolidation and modernization plan--now being executed--that will consolidate over 100 data processing installations into 16 efficient centers.
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