GSA Cloud Brokerage RFI: GSA announced earlier this week through FedBizOpps that the deadline for responding to the Cloud Brokerage RFI has officially been extended to September 7th. Those seeking more information on this opportunity can access information from the FBO website.
Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX): GSA and FCCX announced earlier this week at the Industry Day on Federal Identity Solutions that they are extending the deadline for vendors to submit ideas on implementing third-party, cloud-based identity management on federal websites until August 20th– a week later than originally planned. The FCCX effort aims to develop a concept for managing identities in the cloud and facilitate a process by which agency websites could accept externally-issued credentials that meet Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management (FICAM) standards, in line with the President’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). For more see the FCCX Blog.
Deltek Federal IT Spending Report: A new report from Deltek GovWin IQ predicts Federal IT spending will decrease approximately 1.4% from $121 billion in 2012 to $113 billion by 2017, citing budget pressures and IT mandates from the Obama administration as forcing agencies to drive cost savings and consolidation in their IT infrastructures. The report also highlights potential growth areas such as budget and policy reforms, established as the first steps in forcing agency IT transformation, that are driving investments in key areas of IT that represent growth opportunities for government contractors. Some of the most prominent investment areas are focused around cost-saving initiatives, including analytics to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in government programs, the adoption of cloud computing and the consolidation of redundant data centers and systems. See the Deltek press release.
IDC Cloud Adoption Report: On August 6th, IDC Government Insights released the results of an online survey of 401 federal, state and local IT professionals on cloud adoption, which shows measured progress in moving public sector entities to the cloud. Read the press release on the survey.
SIIA Op-Ed on Federal IT Reform: Lastly, the Federal Times ran an Op-Ed on Monday by Mike Hettinger, Director of SIIA’s Public Sector Innovation Group calling for a comprehensive federal IT roadmap and changes to federal IT procurement regulations to speed cloud adoption by the federal government. Read the op-ed here.
Michael Hettinger is VP for the Public Sector Innovation Group (PSIG) at SIIA. Follow his PSIG tweets at @SIIAPSIG.