Federal Cloud Computing Initiative by GSA

Federal Cloud Initiative Katie Lewin Chief of Staff Program Manager, Cloud Computing Initiative GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer 1

How Did We Get Here? 2

Federal Timeline: the Past 150 Days May 2009 Cloud Computing Industry Summit May 2009 April 2009 Infrastructure-as-a- September 2009 CIO Cloud Service RFI Issued Apps.Gov Launched Computing Program July 2009 Management Office Infrastructure-as-a- Established Service RFP Released March 2009 May 2009 July 2009 Cloud Computing NIST develops initial Software-as-a- Program Cloud Computing Service RFI Released Launched Definition 3

Cloud Computing – Initial Communications with Industry Cloud Summit - Sponsored by ACT / IAC Followed by a Request for Information – Government and Private Industry Partnership Shared Problems Regulatory and Procurement Issues – Discussion Topics Security Pricing Interoperability Portability 4

Current Status Launch of Apps.gov – Current MAS 70 Holders with SaaS products – Social Media IaaS Request For Quote (RFQ) – Closed September 16 – BPA Multiple Award in October/November Future – Increased Security for Higher Impact Data – PaaS Offerings – Case Studies of Successes 5

A New Viewpoint on Standards Simplicity and Visibility Leverage Work of the Industry Non-Static Maturity 7

Simplicity and Visibility Interoperability between Clouds – Public and Private Portability – Moving Applications and Data From/To Clouds Security & Data Privacy – Adherence to existing FISMA and NIST Requirements Operations Management and SLA’s 8

Leverage Work of the Private Industry Competition and Market Based Solutions – Fosters & Encourages Innovation Velocity of Market Driven Solutions – Faster – More Flexible Collaboration between Government and Private Industry – Dual Need for Solution – Two Drivers Behind the Wheel 9

Lifecycle Approach Maturing, Not Mature Standardization Across Federal Government With Age, Comes Wisdom 10

Katie Lewin Chief of Staff GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer mary.lewin@gsa.gov 11

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