Cloud/GOV 2013 to feature keynote address from Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel: SIIA’s annual Cloud/GOV Conference announced earlier this week that Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel will provide the opening keynote address at the association’s the 7th Annual Federal IT Conference. VanRoekel joins an already impressive list of keynotes that includes David DeVries, Deputy CIO for Information Enterprise at DOD and Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The conference will also highlight the latest developments in federal IT with panel discussions on FedRAMP, choosing the right cloud solution for your agency, the convergence of data and cloud and the ever popular CIO Panel. Attendees can expect to network with attendees and speakers from DOD, DHS, DOL, DOE, the RAT Board and many others. See the full agenda.
USPS moves ahead with cloud ID management program: The US Postal Service continues to solicit proposals for a cloud-based ID credentialing hub pilot project. The program seeks a software-as-a-service solution that would provide access to non-government providers of ID credentials who have been approved under the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) initiative. Responses are due February 11th. GCN has more.
OFPP to push contractor past performance reviews: The Office of Federal Procurement Policy announced an aggressive effort to ensure that all contractor past performance information is entered into the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), aiming for 100 percent compliance by 2015. The effort comes on the heels of a recent report from DOD that showed only 67.5 percent of required contractor reviews at DOD were added to the system. By making this push OFPP hopes to achieve better outcomes for taxpayers by ensuring that contracting officers better understand specific contractor performance. Read more.
Dell announces Project Ophelia cloud key: This week Dell announced what they are calling a cloud key, which looks to me like an operating system in a flash drive. The idea is to allow you to carry your desktop functionality with you and plug into any device with an HDMI jack, allowing you access to what is now only available on your desktop or laptop. GCN asks whether this is the future of remote computing.
Michael Hettinger is VP for the Public Sector Innovation Group (PSIG) at SIIA. Follow his PSIG tweets at @SIIAPSIG.