ML22199A041

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Enclosure - Letter to the Honorable Gerald Connolly, Et Al., from Chairman Hanson Responds to Letter Requesting Information Regarding Federal Data Center Consolidation Efforts Associated with the Federal Information Technology Acquisition R
ML22199A041
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Issue date: 07/27/2022
From: Christopher Hanson
NRC/Chairman
To: Connolly G, Hice J
US HR, Subcomm on Government Operations
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CORR-22-0068, LTR-22-0200
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Enclosure Response to Request for Information House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Letter Dated July 13, 2022

1. How many M-19-19 defined federal data centers does your agency currently operate?

Three.

2. If you are unable to answer the previous question based on the M-19-19 definition, how many federal data centers does your agency currently operate following the most up to date Integrated Data Collection guidance?

Not applicable.

3. Continuing to adhere to the definition answered above:
a. Of these operating data centers, how many are key mission facilities?

Two.

b. Since the enactment of FITARA, how many data centers have you closed?

Eight, including three Tiered and five non-Tiered data centers.

c. Has your agency closed the maximum number of federal data centers possible?

No.

i. If no, please explain why and provide the timeline expected to complete data center closures.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has one remaining Tiered data center that is not a key mission facility. The NRC plans to continue to reduce operating costs by closing this data center. The NRC continues to migrate systems to the Cloud and our co-location facility. The closure of this data center is scheduled to be completed by the 4th quarter of fiscal year 2026.

ii. If yes, please justify the reasons why your remaining federal data centers are vital to your agencys operations.

Not applicable.