Obama’s Open Government Directive has inspired a virtual hosting trend in the US capital, and the White House is sharing information with the public, according to NASA’s chief information officer.
Experts have already predicted a possible lifeline for virtual hosting with government agencies. Today, The White House adheres to the Open Government Directive, released by Barack Obama in December 2009, and promoting a ‘transparent government’, virtual hosting has become something of a trend in the District of Columbia.
Barack Obama’s Open Government Directive intends to make the governing body transparent, participatory, collaborative, and open to all members of the public. This promotes accountability and provides information to America’s public so US citizens are aware of everything that their Government is doing. Now a web-savvy administration has created the perfect environment for cloud computing and virtual hosting.
Releasing High Value Data with Virtual Hosting
With the adoption of cloud technology, the federal agencies can provide data to the public and keep it continually updated quickly and easily. The Directive released by Obama directs all federal agencies to release at least three high value datasets to the public every forty five days. Virtual hosting makes this possible, and as a result, the cloud has become a growing trend in D.C and other areas of America.
People inside and outside the government can get fully up-to-date with everything that happens within The White House walls, promoting the collaboration and participation of officials – this can help to improve the quality of decisions and can help to create dispersed knowledge and interaction with American people. It is crucial to find new ways to collaborate with the public, non profit organisations and businesses. Virtual hosting can bring great minds together.
Chris Kemp, The NASA Research Centre’s chief information officer, believes that cloud computing is inexpensive for federal agencies and very beneficial to the public.
Washington vs. Washington
Although virtual hosting is currently a huge trend in Washington D.C, The State of Washington is not yet biting. As beneficial as the cloud can be, both financially and socially, perhaps the virtualised takeover is going to be a slow but steady one. Washington bureaucrats could have found the silver lining during the economic downturn with cost effective computation, and now Obama’s Government can excel in its open initiative by sharing all its key information with citizens
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