How VA’s $36 million move to the cloud evaporated
June 5, 2014
Grazed from FCW. Author: Adam Mazmanian.
The Department of Veterans Affairs canceled a $36 million cloud computing deal with HP in May 2013 after a dispute between the CIO’s office and the agency’s inspector general over how long emails should be retained and concerns over system security, FCW has learned.
When the deal was announced in November 2012, it was one of the most ambitious cloud migrations of any federal agency, covering the VA’s entire 600,000-strong workforce. HP Enterprise Services was selected as the integrator to deploy the system, which was set to go live with a March 2013 pilot for 15,000 users, involving calendar and email apps…
But the pilot didn’t get off the ground because of "serious concerns" about the system’s 90-day retention period for emails. Those concerns were raised in a Feb. 20, 2013, memo signed by acting Inspector General Richard J. Griffin that was obtained by FCW in a records request…
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