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 week, our focus was on key considerations before moving to a virtualized development and test (dev-test) environment.

 

When discussing the cloud paradigm on any level it's important to understand just what kind of cloud you're talking about. Sorting through them, we can consider three computing cloud models and a single storage cloud model:

  Cloud is much in the news and lexicon these days – cloud this, and cloud that, and migrating to the cloud…cloud, cloud, cloud…  So what’s the big deal?  Does the cloud really help end users?  Will cloud help federal agencies meet their mission?  Will cloud really reduce costs?

Conversation with Authors Series profiles three recent center reports with authors Dr. David Wyld on Cloud Computing in Government, Dr. Vicki Grant on Process Improvement in Social Service Delivery, and Prof. Sukumar Ganapati on the use of GIS in engaging citizens.

Conversation with Authors Series, exploring ideas to improve government effectiveness, profiles three recent center reports with authors Dr. David Wyld on Cloud Computing in Government, Dr. Vicki Grant on Process Improvement in Social Service Delivery, and Prof. Sukumar Ganapati on the use of GIS in engaging citizens

The Center is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall/Winter 2010 The Business of Government

This enterprise includes mailing out 600 million forms and marshaling a network of 1.3 million temporary employees to count over 300 million people living in 130 million households. It is expected the cost of the current census will ultimately exceed $13 billion—or about $50 per person given population estimates. Against the backdrop of the economic downturn and escalated pressure on Congress and government agencies to curtail excessive spending, the Census Bureau has worked to capitalize on technological developments to meet its mission—and save money doing it.

1.  Reform the contracting and buying systems.   Last year, President Obama and OMB directed agencies to change their approach to contracting by (1) increasing competition, (2) increasing the use of fixed-price contracts, (3) increasing the capacity of the contracting officer workforce, (4) revisiting the definition of “inherently governmental” work, and (5) revisiting the kinds of work contracted out, with a goal of reducing reliance on contractors by reducing total value of contracts by $40 billion a year.  These various steps were articulated in a ser