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TechAmerica Foundation State & Local Government Cloud Commission

Cloud Report Release and Conference – February 16 in Silicon Valley

To highlight the release of its major report and recommendations on Cloud Computing adoption by State and Local Governments, the TechAmerica Foundation will convene a Silicon Valley conference for State and Local Government officials and technology executives.

The event will feature a review of the report’s major findings and recommendations and the unveiling of an online SLG Cloud Portal Collaborative Community.  Panels will feature discussions with the State & Local Government Cloud Commission’s Government Advisors and Commissioners, and a keynote address by California’s Lieutenant Governor.  More experts and top technology leaders will be confirmed soon.

More information on the agenda, venue, and registration is available on the event website.

Download the Report

Read the full report: Download the Full Report Download the Foreword and Executive Summary Visit the www.Cloud4SLG.org Web Portal

Commission Charter, Leadership, and Deliverables:

The TechAmerica Foundation has formed an expert panel of industry leaders to develop guidance to help state and local governments adopt and implement cloud technologies. The Foundation’s State & Local Government Cloud Commission (SLG-CC) follows the Foundation’s recent release of a blueprint for the federal government’s adoption of cloud computing, which aimed to further the Obama Administration’s cloud-first strategy for government technology and for driving U.S. commercial leadership and innovation in the cloud.

The mission of SLG-CC is to produce findings and recommendations that will enable state and local governments to better serve their citizens by optimizing and advancing their use of cloud computing.

The Commission is being led by:

Chairman	Vice-Chair	Vice-Chair
Tarkan Maner President and CEO Wyse Technology	David L. Cohn, Ph.D. Program Director, Smarter Cloud IBM T.J. Watson Research Center	Daniel Kent Public Sector CTO Cisco

A list of Commissioners and more background on the Chairs and Vice Chairs are available online.

This commission is a separate, follow-on initiative focused on State and Local Government.   The SLG Cloud Commission will specifically address some of the major roadblocks with cloud access and deployment that are unique to states and localities– including procurement practices – and deliver recommendations for surmounting barriers.  The Foundation has formed a panel of Government Advisors, composed of key state & local government officials from around the U.S. who will help advise us during the development of the recommendations.

List of Commissioners:

TechAmerica Foundation has named 38 Commissioners to seats on the State & Local Government Cloud Commission.

Please click here for a full list.

Government Advisors:

The SLG Cloud Commission has appointed a group of expert government advisors to provide guidance and review deliverables.  The full list of Advisors can be found at: http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud2-slg-commissioners#gov-advisory

To learn more about our Government Advisors, please contact Michael Kerr, Sr. Director, State and Local Government, TechAmerica at michael.kerr@techamerica.org or 703.284.5324.

SLG – Cloud Commission Timeline and Meetings:

The first meeting of the SLG Cloud Commission was held on October 5, 2011 in Denver, CO. The meeting coincided with the conclusion of the Annual Conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).

The second meeting of the SLG Cloud Commission took place on October 31, 2011 in northern Virginia.

The commission’s third full meeting took place on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 (virtual).

A fourth meeting (also virtual) took place on January 20, 2012.

On February 16, 2012, the SLG Cloud Commission will release its report and launch a web portal at a conference for government and industry leaders at Microsoft Corporation’s offices in Mountain View, California.  For more information on the program, click here.  Online registration is now open.

Pictures from the Commission’s first meeting in Denver, CO, October 5:

Pictures from the Commission’s Second Meeting in McLean, VA, October 31:

Other Information:

Commission activity is being conducted through TechAmerica Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit and non-partisan affiliate of TechAmerica. To offset the expense of the commission, each commissioner selected will be asked to make a donation to the Foundation in the following amounts: $3,000 for companies with less than $100 million in sales and $5,000 for those companies with $100 million or more in sales. Donations are tax deductible.

Related Resources:

More information about the CLOUD² Commission which concluded in July, 2011: As mentioned above, in March, TechAmerica Foundation comprised a commission of thought leaders to serve on our State and Local Gov’t Cloud Commission. The commission’s four-month mandate was to provide the Obama Administration with recommendations for how government should deploy cloud technologies and for public policies that will help drive U.S. innovation in the cloud. Details about it can be found here: http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud2

TechAmerica Foundation Contacts:

If you have questions about participation in the commission, please contact Carol Henton, Vice President, State and Local Government, TechAmerica at carol.henton@techamericafoundation.org or 650.357.7728.

If you have questions about the nominating process, please contact Michael Kerr, Sr. Director, State and Local Government, TechAmerica at michael.kerr@techamerica.org or 703.284.5324.

About TechAmerica Foundation:

TechAmerica Foundation educates industry executives, policy makers and opinion leaders on the promise of technological innovation to advance prosperity, security and the general welfare. Launched in 1981, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan affiliate of TechAmerica, the leading voice and resource for the U.S. technology industry. The Foundation disseminates award-winning industry, policy and market research covering topics such as U.S. competitiveness in a global economy, innovation in government, and other areas of national interest. It also organizes conferences and seminars to explore pertinent issues with government and industry representatives and to share the Foundation’s findings.