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Kundra extends cloud comment period

\"I\'ve actually extended the time for industry to comment to Jan. 17,\" said federal CIO Vivek Kundra.

Federal News Network Staff

December 3, 2010 9:30 am

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Are security concerns keeping your agency from joining the Cloud Computing Generation? You may have to wait just a bit longer. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says final, government-wide cloud security standards should hatch in about six months. Speaking at a NextGov conference, Kundra said he extended the period for industry comments to mid-January. After that, the administration will start solidifying its cloud security approach. The Obama administration has been pushing cloud computing as a way to save energy and reduce the number of federal data centers. In the meantime, Kundra has pushed the GSA to develop the so-called FedRamp process. Under FedRamp, a cloud provider is certified once, so each agency doesn’t have to do its own security certification.

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