Federal Government Information Technology

How the Cloud is Helping the Government’s Pandemic Response

NextGov: In only a few months, the coronavirus pandemic reshaped the way the federal government operates. With federal office buildings nationwide mostly vacant and more than 1 million civil servants and contractors working remotely, federal agencies had to rethink how to meet their missions and perform critical functions. Cloud computing became a key technological enabler. While agencies spent the last decade migrating various functions to the cloud, the pandemic provided a nitroglycerine-like accelerant to some agencies’ plans.

The cloud’s ability to scale provided many agencies with commercial-grade capabilities that allowed remote workforces to meet mission demands and safely serve citizens.

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