GSA to move e-mail to the cloud – NextGov
The General Services Administration’s move to a cloud-based e-mail system is the start of a significant effort to increase efficiency governmentwide, according to an analyst from the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
GSA last week issued a request for proposals for a “software as a service” e-mail and collaboration system. The agency last month reopened a procurement for cloud computing infrastructure, including storage services and Web hosting, in an effort to move information technology to a shared mobile platform.
Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at Brookings, said the RFP is a big move for government, whose cloud efforts thus far have been “scattershot.”
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