NOAA Email Now in Google’s Cloud

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has moved its email system to cloud-based Google Apps for Government, Google announced Wednesday.

Kennith Jackson, deployment manager at Google Apps, wrote in a blog post that it took six months to move NOAA’s 25,000 employees, contractors and associates to the new email platform.

NOAA CIO Joseph…

Google Apps Gets FISMA Certified, Paves Way for Government Cloud

Google Apps has received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification and accreditation from the federal government. It is the first suite of cloud computing apps to receive FISMA certification, which should speed its adoption by federal agencies.

FISMA applies to information systems used by federal agencies which seeks to provide mechanisms to ensure the security…