2.1: Vision
Enable the CEOG Vision. Other Information:
Enabling the CEOG Vision -- Through Cloud Computing, IT resources and applications can be shared across agencies and between
public and private sectors, allowing IT organizations to better align and apply infrastructure assets to their COS missions.
In such an environment, servers come online as needed and turn off when not in use, resulting in increased utilization of
data center assets (theoretically 100% of every server) and a dramatic reduction in administrative requirements. Cloud Computing
can lower costs, increase efficiency and lower the government carbon footprint while meeting the demands of citizens. Service
Integration Models provide a gatekeeper function for metadata that resides in the cloud, allowing innovative processes to
spread among multiple agencies. Two such initiatives are currently underway at GSA. They are Apps.gov which has a supporting
repository of Cloud IT service applications providing a foundational block around which to expand Cloud Computing, the soon
to be released program, FedRamp, which provides joint authorizations and continuous security monitoring of shared IT services
for federal departments and agencies that enter into contracts with outside providers.
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