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CIO Council and Chief Acquisition Officers Council, Creating Effective Cloud Computing Contracts for the Federal Government, Best Practices for Acquiring IT as a Service (Feb. 24, 2012) (full-text).

Overview[]

This publication provides standards against which the success of agency programs can be measured, including monitoring performance, optimizing investments, and adopting and sharing best practices.

The guidance identifies 10 key areas unique to federal agencies' procurement of cloud services that require improved collaboration and alignment during the contracting process. The 10 areas are: