“The disaster recovery arm of the Department of Health and Human Services is looking into cloud hosting options, according to a new request for information.”
“The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response wants information from vendors as it plans for potential procurement, migration and operationalization of leading commercial solutions.”
“ASPR has yet to implement the federal government’s Cloud Smart strategy released in 2019 to enable its public health emergency response missions and ensure cybersecurity.”
“’The objective of this requirement is to obtain a secure, flexible, efficient, and cost effective, commercial cloud service offering that enables scaling of infrastructure, application resources, IT capabilities or services to meet evolving application and user demand,’ reads the RFI…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS disaster recovery arm seeks cloud hosting information – By Dave Nyczepir, December 3, 2020. FedScoop.