A New Way to Compute or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud – Robert Bohn, NIST, March 7, 2012 – DC/SLA Washington, DC Chapter

“NIST Cloud Computing Program Goal – Accelerate the federal government’s adoption of cloud computing*

• Build a USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap which focuses on the highest priority USG cloud computing security, interoperability and portability requirements
• Lead efforts to develop standards and guidelines in close consultation and collaboration with standards bodies, the private sector, and other stakeholders”