Description:
S. 933 would modify and reauthorize the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative through the end of fiscal year 2026; that authority expired at the end of 2022. The bill would require the Office of E-Government and Information Technology to establish minimum requirements for the availability and use of new data centers and set standards for protection against power failures, intrusions, and natural disasters. Under the bill, the General Services Administration (GSA) would provide guidance for developing and incorporating those requirements into the operations of existing data centers and would post information about agencies’ compliance with the new requirements. Based on information from GSA and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), CBO expects that federal agencies will continue their efforts to optimize the performance and improve the security of data centers, regardless of the initiative’s expired authority. Thus, CBO estimates that implementing those requirements would not significantly increase federal costs over the 2023-2028 period. S. 933 also would require GAO to report annually to the Congress on implementation of the bill’s requirements and CBO expects the cost of the reports would not be significant.
