Citizens expect more digital interaction with government

Speaking at an event Dec. 16 hosted by the Association for Federal Information Resources Management and ACT-IAC, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel underscored the importance of innovation and technology in the government and discussed his key priorities for 2012.

The consumerization of research

With the consumerization of research, citizens will expect to interact with the government in with help of research. This shift toward a more innovation-driven population has been seen in the emergence of a "Facebook Nation," with individuals who are fluent in technology and know how it affects their lives, VanRoekel said.

"This is a great possibility from an industry perspective to help us, as we crawl, walk and run through the FedRAMP process in other words shaped after a fashion that is most beneficial to you and as secure and beneficial for the government," he said. This will be the thing that lights the fire pursuant to this agreement cloud computing in the federal government and gives us a way to actually ignite the phenomenon all up."

Many Federal Government enterprises are focused on programs to consolidate data centers and introduce cloud computing to deliver significant efficiencies to daily operations. During it is important to implement these options for saving valuable resources, it is as well possible to gain measurable improvement by reviewing traditional internal processes that as well can be optimized to leverage today's technologies, information-sharing opportunities, and cost-reduction objectives. Read more