We also leverage the fact that AWS GovCloud already has FedRAMP status as an IaaS to accelerate our delivery of cloud.gov (which sits on top of it), so we're piggy-backing on the money and effort already spent and eliminating the millions we would otherwise spend by having the government run the IaaS layer.
In other words...
> The focus really needs to be on building a process to better integrate private cloud services and gov't applications.
...that's what we're doing!
http://www.fedramp.gov/marketplace/compliant-systems/blackme...
http://www.fedramp.gov/marketplace/compliant-systems/autonom...
Both built on Red Hat OpenShift
https://www.fedramp.gov/marketplace/compliant-systems/acquia...
They're using open source Cloud Foundry, literally to avoid spending millions of dollars mimicking the private sector innovators.
The focus really needs to be on building a process to better integrate private cloud services and gov't applications. I mean they already are for the most part: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/fedramp/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/TrustCenter/Compliance/FedRA...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160229005262/en/Serv...
Seriously this is just another wasteful program. The Gov't and 18F will hype it up, but don't be fooled.