The Department of Housing and Urban Development is overhauling its technology, and the utilization of cloud technology is at the top of the agenda.
During the past six months, the information technology staff at HUD has been executing its “25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management,” the agency’s chief information officer, Jerry Williams, wrote in a blog posting.
The group has conducted 22 sessions to improve governance over seven business transformation initiatives.
“I know that gaining an enterprise-wide perspective at our federated agency, while challenging, is the key to our department’s future success,” Williams stated. “With it, we can start to eliminate duplication, lower costs, and directly support our mission by developing strong analytical insights into the housing market.”
Williams said several services are being transitioned to the cloud during the next calendar year.
By the end of this year, HUD’s 13,000 e-mail user accounts will be handled through cloud technology.
By moving to the cloud, Miller says he expects the strategy “to lead to faster provisioning of services, ability to rapidly scale services, and more predictable costs.”
“As we progress through the IT Reform process, I am encouraged by the level of engagement of both HUD’s internal and external stakeholders,” the posting said. “My goal is to foster this continual effort of reshaping IT management towards more effectively performing HUD’s mission.”
