Now that Spring has arrived, it’s time for cloud providers and tech companies that do business with the federal government to mark their calendars with the season’s key cloud dates, opportunities and deadlines.
March: Progress on Shared First
This month’s targets include agency assessment of the current state of shared services, identification of two commodity IT areas to be shared, and incorporation of current and future shared service areas into the EA transition plan.
Mid-April: Cloud First/FedRAMP Deadline
First 3rd Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs) to be approved
May: Shared First Target
Develop a roadmap to improve quality
June 5-7: NIST Cloud Computing Workshop V
The forum and workshop, held at the Department of Commerce, “calibrates the NIST Cloud Computing program and USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap initiative with external stakeholders” and “features panels focusing on Federal and private sector topics of interest and showcases work completed through NIST chaired public working groups.”
June 8: Cloud First 18 Month Deliverables Due
- Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability
- ScaleIT program management career path
- EnableIT program manager mobility across government and industry
- Reduce barriers to entry for small innovative technology companies
- Roll out the “TechStat” model at the bureau level
Want to stay up to date on key Federal cloud dates? Get involved with the Public Sector Innovation Group (PSIG), a new division of SIIA comprised of innovative software and IT services firms seeking to take advantage of the evolving Federal investment in cloud-related technologies. The PSIG builds off the themes of SIIA’s annual Cloud/Gov Conference that has tracked the transformation of Government IT procurement over the past six years.
Laura Greenback is Communications Director at SIIA.