cloud migration Archives

Treasury holds first meeting of steering group for financial sector cloud adoption

Key objectives of the group include documenting effective practices for managing cloud third-party risk and developing guidance for institutions looking to adopt the technology.

May 30, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

FedRAMP reform bill to be considered by Senate lawmakers in coming weeks

The bipartisan FedRAMP Authorization Act has momentum in Congress and is likely to progress through the upper chamber, according to two senior policy experts with visibility of…

Nov 23, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Pentagon’s IG contemplates move to the cloud via new solicitation

The DOD OIG wants to hear from other federal entities that have transitioned to the cloud about cost saving or benefits they've encountered.

Jul 7, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

AWS, Amazon Web Services — The stage at the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit in June 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Wyatt Kash / FedScoop)

AWS cloud now available on milCloud 2.0

AWS is now a part of the milCloud 2.0 offering, GDIT announced Monday.

Feb 1, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Data analytics and security platforms play key role in cloud migration

The pandemic revealed the gaps in agency cloud migration efforts, but research shows that those who take advantage of FedRAMP-approved services can modernize faster.

Dec 31, 2020 By FedScoop Staff

code, data, artificial intelligence, algorithm — (Getty Images)

JAIC looks to fix errors in Army’s financial accounting systems

The Joint AI Center helped field the first human-out-of-the-loop system to correct accounting errors in the Army's financial management systems.

Oct 1, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Air Force awards $630M contract to move weather forecasting to the cloud

The Air Force issued a major contract to modernize it's weather forecasting and shift to a "software-centric, cloud-based" approach.

Jun 26, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz speaks to the media following his 2020 State of the Coast Guard Address, in Charleston, South Carolina, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando)

Coast Guard still considering its own JEDI for cloud modernization

The U.S. Coast Guard is watching DOD's JEDI cloud contract closely while weighing if it could launch something similar.

Apr 13, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Peter Ranks, Deputy CIO, DOD — Peter Ranks speaks March 11, 2020, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group)

DOD needs to ‘decouple’ hardware and software, deputy CIO says

The DOD needs to "decouple" software and hardware development to be able to update the capabilities of systems faster, said Peter Ranks, thee Pentagon's deputy CIO for…

Mar 11, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

The Government Accountability Office in D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

Don’t call it a comeback: GAO reverts to old website after crash

The agency will play things safe "a couple more days" before returning to its recently redesigned site.

Feb 26, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir