More about the government's initiative to move to a cloud-first policy and promote IT consolidation and shared services. I've worked on a couple of technology strategy projects within IBM that have focused on these efforts. Right now I'm setting up a project portfolio management capability at FAA to help eliminate duplicate systems and better rationalize IT investments. But adoption is slow and transformation is complicated. It always helps when there are powerful people in the upper reaches leading the charge.

http://fcw.com/Articles/2013/07/10/path-to-cloud.aspx?Page=1