Cloud Computing, IT Modernization and Data Center

The potential financial, security, and operational benefits of cloud computing make it compelling. This community of interest shares knowledge and best practices for resolving the challenges of moving to the cloud, as well as being cloudnative.

With the Administration taking an increased interest in cloud computing as integral to IT Modernization, this Community of Interest will provide information regarding the benefits of cloud and the government’s IT modernization/digital transformation.

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Related Resources

• CIO.gov  https://www.cio.gov
  • Technology Business Management https://www.cio.gov/meeting-it-priorities-with-tbm/
  • Cloud & Infrastructure – Community of Practice https://www.cio.gov/about/cloud-infrastructure-cop/
  • Data Center Optimization Initiative https://datacenters.cio.gov
  • New Draft Policy https://datacenters.cio.gov/policy/
  • Federal Cloud Computing Strategy https://cloud.cio.gov
  • From Cloud First to Cloud Smart https://cloud.cio.gov/strategy/
  • Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization https://itmodernization.cio.gov
• Performance.gov https://www.performance.gov
  • President’s Management Agenda: Modernizing Government for the 21st Century https://www.performance.gov/PMA/PMA.html
• NEW Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Guidance: https://www.cisa.gov/publication/tic-30-core-guidance-documents 
• FedRAMP https://www.fedramp.gov
  • Authorized Vendors https://marketplace.fedramp.gov/#/products?sort=productName
•  Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer https://policy.cio.gov
  • Update to the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative https://policy.cio.gov/tic-draft/
  • Implementation of the Modernizing Government Technology Act https://policy.cio.gov/modernizing-government-technology/  
•  CLOUD.GOV https://cloud.gov
•  DATA.GOV  https://data.gov
  • Federal Data Strategy: Leveraging Data As a Strategic Asset https://strategy.data.gov
•  General Services Administration https://www.gsa.gov 
  • Cloud IT Acquisition Services https://www.gsa.gov/technology/technology-products-services/it-services/cloud-it-acquisition-services#
  • Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) https://www.gsa.gov/technology/government-it-initiatives/data-center-optimization-initiative-dcoi
•  ITDASHBOARD.gov https://itdashboard.gov
• NASCIO (Chief Information Officers of States) https://www.nascio.org
• CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) https://cloudsecurityalliance.org
• CLOUD FOUNDRY https://www.cloudfoundry.org
• IEEE Cloud Computing https://cloudcomputing.ieee.org
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io
•  Multicloud Management Controls Boost Visibility for State IT Managers –Once government agencies adopt Infrastructure as a Service, they face new challenges in public or hybrid cloud maintenance (January 15, 2019) https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2019/01/multicloud-management-controls-boost-visibility-state-it-managers
• The State of Cloud Workload Security (January 10, 2019) https://www.devopsdigest.com/the-state-of-cloud-workload-security
• A Note on the Convergence of IoT, Edge, and Cloud Computing in Smart Cities (September/October 2018) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8497016
• Delivering Government Solutions in the 21^st Century: Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations (June 2018) https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf
• United States Government Accountability Office, DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION: Continued Agency Actions Needed to Meet Goals and Address Prior Recommendations (May 2018) https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/691959.pdf