Almost a month later after its release the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announces they are considering canceling their ESSII Cloud Storage Contract. The ESSII had a contract ceiling worth between $427 to $450 billion with a base project length...
According to the GSA’s Interior Department Chief Information Officer Bernard Mazer, there are not enough certified cloud service contractors meeting FedRAMP’s guidelines and standards. FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) is the program GSA has designed to certify commercial...
Finally after long last, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has just released a follow-on RFP (request for proposal) on FBO.gov for cloud storage services worth $427 million. The DISA contract they are calling Enterprise Storage Service or ESS II...
Since 1993 NASA has been generating the SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement), a procurement vehicle designed to deliver technical support in the form of hardware such as computers, new servers and now cloud storage for federal agencies and employees. NASA has...
This past month, the General Services Administration (GSA) has continued to fine tune their focus on the issue of government-wide cloud security by teaming up with the American Association for Laboratory (A2LA). The A2LA is a non-profit organization that will...
SAM = System for Award Management (replaced CCR & ORCA) sam.gov DUNS = Dun & Bradstreet (Business code/credit rating) CAGE = Commercial and Government Entity Code (SAM registration & CAGE are what the government uses to pay your business) NCAGE =NATO Commercial...
Cloud computing is back in the news again! With the recent addition of Cloud Saves in the new XBOX Live Dashboard and a new federal program which is intended to get more agencies on board the cloud computing bandwagon, it’s...
