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Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

Introduced: February 6, 2013 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Feb 6, 2013

Introduced in House

Feb 6, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Efficient Government Technology Act - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, with respect to federal agency energy management, to require each agency to collaborate with the Director of the Office of the Management and Budget (OMB) to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information and communications technologies (ICT) and practices that is based on the agency's operating requirements and statutory mission. Includes as part of such a strategy consideration of ICT and related infrastructure and practices.

Requires the OMB Director to: (1) establish performance goals for evaluating the efforts of agencies in improving such technology systems and practices; and (2) maintain a data centers task force responsible for sharing progress toward individual agency goals and the overall target for increased energy efficiency, including through exchanges of best practices and energy efficiency information with the private sector.

Sets forth reporting requirements.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, with respect to data center energy efficiency, to require:

publication of the designation of the information technology industry organization that coordinates the voluntary national information program for such centers;
updating and publication of a report on server and data center efficiency, including an analysis of the impact of ICT asset and related infrastructure utilization solutions;
maintenance of a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of practitioners qualified to evaluate energy usage and efficiency opportunities;
annual evaluation of agency data centers by such certified energy practitioners (with a preference for those employed by the agency);
establishment of an open data initiative for federal data center usage data;
active participation by the Secretary of Energy (DOE) in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy efficiency; and
assistance by the Secretary in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of the overall data center.