Monthly Archives: June 2010

State of Public Sector Cloud Computing HHS

Case Study: Department of Health and Human Services – Supporting Electronic Health Records June 29, 2010 State of Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Department of Health and Human Services – Supporting Electronic Health Records Leveraging cloud-based CRM tools to …

Cyber Security Goes Pro at Commerce

This summer, the Department of Commerce is finalizing a new policy requiring professional certification for several information system security positions, and has established the Cyber Security Development Program (CSDP) to assist employees in meeting these requirements and enhancing their competencies. …

Public Sector Cloud Computing: USAF

Case Study: Department of Defense (United States Air Force) – Personnel Services Delivery Transformation June 22, 2010 Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer Faced with a mandate to reshape the personnel community, the Air Force Personnel Center needed to reduce …

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: DOE

Department of Energy (Lawrence Berkeley National Labs) – Cloud Computing Migration June 21, 2010 Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer The Department of Energy is exploring cost and energy efficiencies that can result from leveraging cloud computing. This initiative explores …

The Changing Role of the CIO

In today’s world, change is the only constant, innovation means survival, collaboration creates opportunities, and transformation leads to success. This paradigm shift is affecting the role of information technology (IT) and the chief information officers (CIOs), including the Federal Government, …

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study forge.mil

Case Study: Department of Defense (Defense Information Systems Agency) – Forge.mil June 15, 2010 Software development environment for rapid access to the tools and services needed to quickly develop, test and deploy software and systems Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information …

Closing the IT Gap

The Federal Government lacks many of the technological capabilities that are commonplace in the private sector and our everyday lives. This IT gap significantly impacts our ability to improve the efficiency of government and deliver better services to the American …

Creating a CIO Team That Rocks!

Last week at NASA Glenn Research Center, we ended the first strategic planning retreat that the NASA CIOs had as a senior leadership team.  We slugged through snarly issues like agency services contracts, ITIL, Enterprise Architecture, Social Media, IT security, disaster …

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: DISA

Department of Defense (Defense Information Systems Agency) – Rapid Access Computing Environment June 10, 2010 Using cloud computing technology to provide on-demand virtual server space for development teams Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) …

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Army Experience Center

Department of Defense (United States Army) …at an annual cost of $54,000. With the new system, the Army is able to track recruits as they participate in multiple simulations at the Army Experience Center. June 8, 2010 Vivek Kundra, Federal …