GSA to set baseline requirements for cloud providers through Ascend
Requirements will emphasize Cloud Smart objectives and cybersecurity supply chain risk management while providing agencies an open source experience.
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Federal agencies reach new threshold of cloud adoption
Two-thirds of federal IT executives in a new study say their agency is using or starting to use the cloud for mission-critical applications.
Interior preps cloud acquisition worth up to $1B
The department wants to move its agencies away from local data centers towards more standard, shared IT services.
GSA stresses agencies align IPv6 and zero-trust plans ahead of next week’s deadline
Agencies have until next week to submit their zero-trust architecture implementation plans, per President Biden's cybersecurity executive order.
GSA developing governmentwide cloud acquisition strategy
The announcement comes a day after a cybersecurity executive order emphasizing agency adoption of zero-trust security and secure cloud services.
Former GSA CIO: It’s time for a federal ‘Agile First’ strategy
Agile methodologies should not only be used in software development but information technology procurement, finance, budgeting and hiring, according to Case Coleman.
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Effective application rationalization eludes agencies
Too often chief information officers lack the data they need to make informed decisions about app inventories.
HHS disaster recovery arm seeks cloud hosting information
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response hopes to implement the federal government's Cloud Smart strategy from 2019.
SBA scaled rapidly to administer pandemic relief. Scaling down will be harder on its IT
The agency lacks a cloud-based platform capable of expanding and contracting during and after disasters, said CIO Keith Bluestein.
GSA Cloud Information Center gets design, platform upgrades
A year after its launch, the CIC is more accessible and navigable with content reorganized to correspond to the cloud adoption lifecycle, GSA says.