ACT-IAC Rocky Mountain Breakfast featuring Randy Brammer and Peggy O'Connor

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Council for Technology & Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) is pleased to announce that Randy Brammer, the Deputy Assistant Director for Information Resources at the Department of Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Peggy O'Connor, the Hosting CRM Chief at the Department of the Interior will speak at The Egg & I on September 23rd from 7 am to 9:30 am on Data Center Consolidation.

During this presentation they will be addressing The Department of Interior and The Bureau of Reclamation Data Center Consolidation Efforts. The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) was created to reverse the historic growth of Federal data centers. The CIO council launched The Federal Center Data Consolidation Task Force that serves as a forum for best practices and lessons learned. By shutting down and consolidating under-performing data centers in the Federal Inventory, the government intends to save taxpayers billions of dollars and curb spending on underutilized infrastructure.

Breakfast and coffee will be available starting at 7:30 am. This event is open to Government (Fed CIV/DoD, State & Local) and Industry professionals in the Denver Front Range who want to learn more about the ACT IAC Rocky Mountain Chapter and how to get engaged. We look forward to seeing you there.

Date: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Time: 7:00am - 9:30am
Location: The Egg & I, (7830 West Alameda Ave Suite 101 Lakewood, CO 80226)
Registration: $25 members, $35 non-members, free for government

Agenda:
7:00am - 7:30am Registration & Networking
7:30am - 8:00am Breakfast
8:00am - 8:45am Presentation by Randy Brammer, Deputy Assistant Director for BOR and Peggy O'Connor, Hosting CRM Chief at DOI
8:45am - 9:00am Question and Answer Session
9:00am - 9:30am Wrap Up and Networking

Speaker and Presenter Information

Randall Brammer is the Deputy Assistant Director for Information Resources at the Department of Interior (DOI), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). Mr. Brammer specializes in IT Operations and Data Center Consolidation and will be speaking on the topic of Data Center Consolidation at the September 23rd Breakfast Session.

In February 2010, the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) was created to reverse the historic growth of Federal data centers. The FDCCI seeks to curb this unsustainable increase by reducing the cost of data center hardware, software, and operations; shifting IT investments to more efficient computing platforms; promoting the use of Green IT by reducing the overall energy and real estate footprint of government data centers; and increasing the IT security posture of the government.

To drive this effort, the CIO Council launched the Federal Data Center Consolidation Task Force that serves as a forum for best practices and lessons learned. It has led ongoing inventory validation and verification mechanisms to ensure the accuracy of this data and monitor the execution of agency consolidation plans. The Task Force is addressing topics such as, but not limited to, cost modeling, the government-wide marketplace detailed in the IT Reform Plan, technical approaches to consolidation, acquisition modalities, and the coordination of the FDCCI with Federal real property and sustainability efforts.

By shutting down and consolidating under-performing data centers and optimizing the data centers in the Federal inventory, the government intends to save taxpayers billions of dollars and curb spending on underutilized infrastructure. This means a shift from a model that risks procuring duplicative and wasteful infrastructure that utilizes only a fraction of the computing power purchased to a newer model, where that risk is reduced as the government purchases IT infrastructure as a service, deployed in a scalable and rapid fashion.

Mr. Brammer will be addressing the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation Data Center Consolidation efforts.”

Expected Number of Attendees

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC