DOD IG: Pentagon cannot measure effectiveness of cloud computing efforts

By Jordana Mishory / January 7, 2016 at 10:30 AM
The Pentagon's lack of an effective process to identify cloud computing service contracts makes it challenging to determine whether these efforts are saving money, the Defense Department inspector general found in a new report. In the Dec. 28, 2015, report , the IG states that the Pentagon "cannot measure the effectiveness of the DOD cloud computing initiative" because the department's chief information officer shop failed to maintain a "comprehensive list" of these contracts. "Specifically, DOD cannot determine whether it achieves...

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