Camp Williams was one among 38 sites being considered for the data center.

The multi-billion CNCI effort was publicly disclosed in early 2008 and is designed to bolster cybersecurity-related awareness and incident response across the federal government. Much of the effort remains highly classified, much to the chagrin of many security analysts and lawmakers who have asked for greater transparency.

But some details of the project are known. One of them is an effort by federal agencies to reduce their exposure to Internet-based threats by reducing and consolidating the number of . Instead of having each agency manage its own Internet connections, the plan is to have a small group of so-called Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) providers provide centralized connectivity and gateway-monitoring services for federal agencies.

The goal of the TIC initiative is to reduce the number of Internet connections across government from more than 4,300 to about 100 by the end of this year.

Another CNCI project involves revamping a government network monitoring system called Einstein to improve the ability of federal agencies to detect and respond to network-borne threats far more quickly than is now possible.