"Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud"

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"Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud"

On Thursday, July 1, 2010, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement held a joint hearing entitled, “Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud,” to examine the benefits and challenges of the Federal government’s transition to cloud computing.

The joint hearing focused on the Obama Administration’s strategy for cloud computing technology and services, plans for implementation, coordination of activities among federal entities and other issues related to the government-wide transition to cloud computing. The hearing took place at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

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The witnesses scheduled to testify included:

Panel I

Mr. Vivek Kundra
Federal Chief Information Officer
Administrator for E-Government and Information Technology
Office of Management and Budget

Mr. David McClure
Associate Administrator Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Ms. Cita Furlani
Director, Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mr. Gregory Wilshusen
Director, Information Security Issues
Government Accountability Office

Panel II

Mr. Scott Charney
Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing
Microsoft Corporation

Mr. Daniel Burton
Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy
Salesforce.com

Mr. Mike Bradshaw
Director, Google Federal
Google Inc.

Mr. Nick Combs
Chief Technology Officer
EMC Federal

Mr. Gregory Ganger
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Parallel Data Lab
Carnegie Mellon University

Documents and Links

Opening statement of Chairman Edolphus Towns

Opening statement of Subcommittee Chairwoman Diane Watson

Prepared testimony of Mr. Vivek Kundra

Oral presentation slides accompanying prepared testimony of Mr. Vivek Kundra (Powerpoint)

Prepared testimony of Mr. David McClure

Prepared testimony of Ms. Cita Furlani

Prepared testimony of Mr. Gregory Wilshusen

Prepared testimony of Mr. Scott Charney

Prepared testimony of Mr. Daniel Burton

Prepared testimony of Mr. Mike Bradshaw

Prepared testimony of Mr. Nick Combs

Prepared testimony of Mr. Gregory Ganger

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