White House Wants To Close NASA Data Centers

The Obama administration will move to close 373 federal data centers by the end of 2012, including 113 defense, 24 homeland security, 15 NASA and six State Department centers, according to a White House announcement July 20. The centers are scattered across about 30 states and include a 195,000-sq.-ft. — roughly the size of 3.5 football fields — Homeland Security Department facility in Alabama ...