Let me first set the stage for my presentation by reminding you that the mission of the Services and Agencies in the Department of Defense is warfighting and peacekeeping world-wide.
Information technology is a means to support our warfighters and peacekeepers.
I would like to share with you the data center consolidation and outsourcing initiatives within the Department of Defense. There is no question that over the last five years, data center consolidations have reaped savings. The Commission's central theme is that every DoD element must focus on supporting the operations of the warfighter. The future will see greater reliance on the private sector to satisfy warfighter support requirements. With regard to DoD data center operations, the Commission concluded that we should more rapidly accelerate the use of private sector expertise in this environment.