Federal CIO & Administrator at Federal CIO Council
Vivek Kundra was appointed as the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States by President Obama in March 2009. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Kundra served in Mayor Fenty's cabinet as the CTO for the District of Columbia and Governor Kaine's cabinet as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has also served in leadership roles in the private sector.
Kundra has been recognized by InfoWorld among the top 25 CTO's in the country and as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year for his pioneering work to drive transparency, engage citizens and lower the cost of government operations. He has also been named to Government Technology magazine's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers.
The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy marks a milestone in the Administration's 25-Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management.
The strategy is designed to help the government deliver value to the public by increasing the operational efficiency of Federal IT dollars, and responding faster to taxpayer needs. The strategy outlines how the Federal government can accelerate the safe, secure adoption of cloud computing, and provides agencies with a framework for migrating to the cloud. It also examines how agencies can address challenges related to the adoption of cloud computing, such as privacy, procurement, standards, and governance.
The Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, describes the gap between consumer’s access to IT and the government. He calls for cloud computing to narrow this gap while maintaining security, data portability and interoperability. Kundra calls industry and government to work together to accelerate cloud adoption by focusing on standards and helping agencies leverage the certification work done by other agencies.
This report provides details regarding the NIST's efforts to facilitate and lead the development of cloud computing standards for security, interoperability, and portability. Furthermore, it details federal budget guidance issued to agencies to foster the adoption of cloud computing technologies, where relevant, and provides an overview of the Federal Government's approach to data center consolidation. It also includes 30 illustrative case studies at the Federal, state and local government levels that reflect the growing movement across the public sector to leverage cloud computing technologies.
In this series of videos from the Brookings Institute the Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, discusses how the federal government has already begun moving to the cloud. He says it's a means to streamline operations, saving money and making the government more accessible and open. Cloud Computing has unimaginable potential and will fundamentally change government operations resulting in new innovations and better services to the American people. He also explains that fully shifting government operations to the cloud will require deliberative research and analysis, but the plan will yield a strategic, secure and cost effective system.
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra, CIO Vivek Kundra, Diana Farrell of the National Economic Council, and Tom Kalil of OSTP take questions about innovation in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Starting at 7:40, Vivek Kundra discusses IT Innovation and Cloud Computing.
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra answers questions from Facebook and the White House website about all things technology, information, and transparency.
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