2012 National Defense Authorization Act

Citation
2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Pub. L. No. 112‐81.

Cloud computing
The fiscal 2012 NDAA mandates that the DoD CIO submit a Performance Plan that includes a strategy to address "migration of Defense data and government‐provided services from Department‐owned and operated data centers to cloud computing services generally available within the private sector that provide a better capability at a lower cost with the same or greater degree of security" and "utilization of private sector managed security services for data centers and cloud computing services."

Source

 * Cloud Computing Strategy, at 3.