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Information Technology in the United States Government
- 2019: Number of data centers - 12,166 ; many of them are ineffective
Lobbyism
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- 2018: Record-breaking 34-day government shutdown
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+ United States Government

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To strengthen the protection of state cybersecurity in 2016 was created

Government Commission to Strengthen US National Cybersecurity.

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the state body of the Federal Government of the United States of America that collects taxes and monitors compliance with tax laws.

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Information Technology in the United States Government

2019: Number of data centers - 12,166 ; many of them are ineffective

A report released in mid-April 2019 by the State Office of General Accounting (GAO) revealed the inefficiency of many US government data storage and processing centers, of which there are 12,166 .

The GAO came to the disappointing conclusion that the U.S. government has failed to consolidate data centers and streamline operations, and hybrid computing is still extremely limited. Although in 2010, the US Office of the Budget began work on consolidating federal data centers to save money, the goals were never achieved by April 2019.

Dynamics of change in the number of data centers in the American government, GAO data

The report indicates that while, government agencies have committed to taking action to close about half of the data centers in the combined cadastral, 11 agencies have not even begun to implement the plan. Until agencies consolidate the data centers and estimate the associated cost savings, the benefits of the consolidation program will not be fully realized. In addition, GAO noted that most government agencies did not use automated server monitoring and did not take into account electricity consumption.

However, some agencies within the US government have managed to meet the planned targets. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was not able to use its own data storage and processing centers, and therefore switched to using cloud services. The Social Security Administration began to use hybrid cloud computing as a way to modernize IT, which made it possible to simplify software and hardware systems. Other agencies have focused on closing unused data centers and streamlining workflows. ^[1]

Lobbyism

Main article: Lobbying in the United States

Chronicle

2018: Record-breaking 34-day government shutdown

The US government shutdown due to a lack of funds to pay employees happened in December 2018 and became the longest in history: it lasted 34 days (and was estimated to cost the US economy about $3 billion).

Before that, there was another short break in January 2018, quite a long one in September 2013, and before it there was a pause of almost two decades.