Cloud Computing

The Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration released details about program and policies that outline the future of major acquisition efforts.

Maybe the JEDI procurement isn’t such a big deal after all.

Matt Goodrich, of GSA, Ben Sweezy, of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Tony Scardino of USPTO, are among the federal executives on the move over the last month.

Four members of the House Armed Services Committee wrote to President Donald Trump that any further delays to the cloud procurement known as JEDI would harm the Pentagon.

Rick Hill, senior vice president at HumanTouch LLC, argues that DoD needs agility and flexibility and a single cloud approach under JEDI would not give them those features.

Jay Mahanand, the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the plan is to launch an enterprise portfolio management program that USAID will deploy worldwide in the coming months.

Arizona CIO Morgan Reed is transforming the state’s IT with cloud computing, after a devastating sand storm-generated computer outage.

DoD plans to issue a memo that would strongly encourage reciprocity for cloud services authorized by FedRAMP at the moderate level.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Labor Relations Authority and OPM said a 2018 Supreme Court decision opens up existing law to a new interpretation.

The Court of Federal Claims’ brief ruling did not fully explain the rationale behind the decision, but appeared to clear the way for DoD to award the $10 billion contract next month.

When it eventually awards JEDI, DOD will have to be totally transparent.

Gigi Schumm welcomes Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, HHS assistant inspector general and chief data officer, to talk data integration and the importance of networking.

Chief information officers at two agencies that received higher overall marks on their FITARA scorecards this year have tole members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee that efforts to move to the cloud have led to greater efficiencies and cost savings.

The CIO Council’s Application Rationalization Playbook provides a six-step approach for how agencies can more efficiently manage their IT portfolios and decide whether to keep software in house or take it to the cloud.