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National Association of State Chief Information Officers, Capitals in the Clouds - The Case for Cloud Computing in State Government Part I: Definitions and Principles (June 2011) (full-text).

Overview[]

Cloud computing has arrived as a serious alternative for state government. There are outstanding issues that must be faced and dealt with in order to maintain the reliability, responsibility, security, privacy, and citizen-confidence in government services. Government is exploring technology and business process innovations that will make the way for government to deliver existing services more economically. Cloud computing provides a number capabilities that have the potential for enabling such innovation.

The predominant stress that is driving state and local governments toward serious consideration and adoption of cloud computing are the continued budget woes and demands for operational savings. These pressures must be managed intelligently to avoid pushing government into a future situation that could constitute greater cost, and more difficulty in achieving interoperability of government lines of business and government jurisdictions.