Full Committee Hearing Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud
On Thursday, July 1, 2010, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement held a joint hearing entitled, “Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud,” to examine the benefits and challenges of the Federal government’s transition to cloud computing.
The joint hearing focused on the Obama Administration’s strategy for cloud computing technology and services, plans for implementation, coordination of activities among federal entities and other issues related to the government-wide transition to cloud computing.
Witnesses
Panel I
Mr. Vivek Kundra
Federal Chief Information Officer
Administrator for E-Government and Information Technology
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. David McClure
Associate Administrator Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Ms. Cita Furlani
Director, Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mr. Gregory Wilshusen
Director, Information Security Issues
Government Accountability Office
Panel II
Mr. Scott Charney
Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing
Microsoft Corporation
Mr. Daniel Burton
Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy
Salesforce.com
Mr. Mike Bradshaw
Director, Google Federal
Google Inc.
Mr. Nick Combs
Chief Technology Officer
EMC Federal
Mr. Gregory Ganger
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Parallel Data Lab
Carnegie Mellon University