Washington steps into the cloud warily, worried about information security

While "official" Washington is talking a good game about aggressively pursuing "cloud computing" services in an effort to reduce operating costs and expenditures on hardware, a number of the agencies are moving ahead slowly, unsure of just how to implement the technology and whether they want to. Despite the benefits, which also include increased flexibility and the ability to scale quickly, surveys of chief information officers of federal agencies show security remains a major concern. Article