From the Cloud First initiative in 2010 to today’s Cloud Smart strategy, the federal government has been on a decade-long cloud-journey that aims to transform IT and better deliver on the mission.
While the Cloud First initiative did not provide specific guidance how to accomplish cloud adoption, Cloud Smart offers detailed insights surrounding security, procurement, and necessary workforce skills to foster cloud adoption and implementation.
In 2018, former Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent stated that this evolution reflects how agencies have a better hands-on understanding of the cloud, and that industry capabilities ha