This year many organizations were looking to transition to cloud computing to find cost savings and new efficiencies. With the launch of FedRAMP and agencies challenged to take a “cloud first” mentality, cloud adoption increased in the public sector. Follow along here by viewing GovLoop’s Year in Review Guide, our related blog series, and podcasts.Read… Read more »
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Is Cloud the Be-All-End-All Technology? Plus Your Weekend Reads – Fiscal Cliff Edition
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
Finding New Efficiencies, Cost Savings and Improved Services with Cloud Technology
Today, technology is a critical component to transform and modernize government to truly create a 21st century government. For our year-end report, the GovLoop team set out to explore what technology trends shaped 2012 to help agencies meet organizational goals. The report also includes best practices, case studies, and identifies which trends will shape governmentRead… Read more »
Information Governance: The Big Elephant in the European Cloud
Are U.S. public cloud providers European data-centers able to keep your data safe? On a recent return trip from overseas, I was waiting in the U.S. Immigration line, part of the airport’s preclearance facilities where U.S. Immigration agents do the full check before you get on the flight, rather than doing all the checks whenRead… Read more »
Amazon’s Government-Centric Cloud Explosion
Lately, Amazon has been catering to the high number of government customers that depend on the site. A respectable 1,800 government employees are regular Amazon visitors, and the site is committed to providing a stellar experience for civil servants. The majority of these visitors (1,500) are educational employees who are quickly adopting cloud computing. ThusRead… Read more »
Governments Playing In The Cloud
Hello, A today posted survey-based study by IDG Connect entitled Why Governments Are Playing Catch-Up In The Cloud reveals that [I cite]: “Nearly half of those surveyed (46%) picked out regulation as the prime concern, with more than a third reporting no issues at all. Interestingly, where government acceptance and promotion of cloud technologies isRead… Read more »
Survey Provides Insights to Future of GIS Technology for Government – Mobile, Cloud, Awareness
Over last few weeks, GovLoop has been rolling out a series of posts covering one of our latest resources, Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government. In this report, the GovLoop team identified leading case studies, best practices, and ran survey of GIS professionals. The hope of the report was to show how powerful GISRead… Read more »
Center Releases New Report: Mitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement
This post was initially published by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. Today, the IBM Center for The Business of Government is pleased to release the report, Mitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement, by Paul Wormeli, Executive Director Emeritus, IJIS Institute. This report comesRead… Read more »
Construction and the Cloud
It’s been suggested in the past the construction industry is slower to adopt new technology than many other industries, and there’s some truth in that. Part of the problem lies in the sheer number of sectors within the industry, from architects and designers to heavy machinery providers and construction crews. Getting everyone involved to adoptRead… Read more »
Procurement Data in the Cloud
Contracts, award dates, product pricing, labor categories, option periods, units of issue, minimum orders…the list goes on and on. GSA has a ton of data that represent the universe of products and services we provide to the federal government. Would it be useful to your agency to have access to the data to upload intoRead… Read more »