The statute that governs federal acquisition doesn’t currently have a definition for cloud, posing challenges, GAO’s Carol Harris noted at the roundtable with Rep. Gerry Connolly.

Requirements will emphasize Cloud Smart objectives and cybersecurity supply chain risk management while providing agencies an open source experience.

The department wants to move its agencies away from local data centers towards more standard, shared IT services.

Agencies have until next week to submit their zero-trust architecture implementation plans, per President Biden's cybersecurity executive order.

The announcement comes a day after a cybersecurity executive order emphasizing agency adoption of zero-trust security and secure cloud services.

Agile methodologies should not only be used in software development but information technology procurement, finance, budgeting and hiring, according to Case Coleman.

Too often chief information officers lack the data they need to make informed decisions about app inventories.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response hopes to implement the federal government's Cloud Smart strategy from 2019.