Federal Cloud Computing Initiative

The Federal Cloud Computing Initiative (FCCI) is rooted in ITI LoB which was a government-wide study of end user systems and support, telecommunications, mainframe and server services including optimizing performance, efficiency and effectiveness, and year-over-year comparisons. Subsequently, the Federal CIO Council identified cloud computing as a Federal IT priority and formed a CIO Working Group, the Cloud Computing Executive Steering Committee (CCESC), in March of 2009. The CCESC leads the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative.

The objective of the FCCI is to make cloud computing services accessible and easy to procure for Federal agencies. The FCCI Executive Steering Committee, Advisory Council, and Working Groups continue to work on identifying and addressing issues and obstacles to successful cloud computing implementation.