White House puts its spin on cloud policy with new 'Smart' proposal

FedScoop: The White House Office of Management and Budget unveiled a draft of its new federal cloud computing strategy for public comment Monday.

Dubbed “Cloud Smart,” the initiative is all about encouraging agencies to continue moving to the cloud while also taking a beat to “ensure that the technology fits the mission,” Federal CIO Suzette Kent said Monday during a conversation with reporters. It’s an update to the Obama administration’s “Cloud First” policy, which was introduced in 2010.

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