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Vivek Kundra Testimony on "Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud"
Issued By: OMB - Effective Date: 07.01.2010, 22.653K, TXT
Abstract: This is a statement by Vivek Kundra, U.S. Chief Information Officer, Administrator for Electronic Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget on July 1, 2010, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Mr. Kundra's statement is titled Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud.
Mr. Kundra spoke about the poor management of Federal IT investements and how this administration committed to closing the IT gap between the public and private sectors and leveraging the power of technology to improve the efficiency of government and deliver better services to the American people. The President has ordered a three year freeze in non-defense and national security programs in the FY 2011 budget and has ordered some agencies to reduce their 2012 budget request by five percent. He stated that to do more with less, we need game-changing technologies of which cloud computing is one.
