The report provides metrics and insight on the state of Federal cloud computing progress.
The Congressional Cloud Computing Caucus and Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) today announced an inaugural report, “Don’t Be a Box Hugger,” which provides the most comprehensive visibility into the state of business transformation via cloud computing in the Federal government. Based on interviews with Federal CIOs, CFOs, and senior Federal IT officials, the report illustrates the substantial progress agencies have made in adopting cloud solutions since the Federal government unveiled its Cloud First policy in 2011. President Obama’s FY 2016 budget request would invest $7.34 billion of the Federal IT budget – 8.5 percent of all IT spending – in provisioned services, such as cloud, on par with leading private-sector companies.