Modernize Government Data Processing Centers

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.