PBGC-OIG Participation in the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Cloud Computing Initiative

PBGC-OIG participated with 18 other Offices of Inspector General to evaluate agencies' efforts when adopting cloud computing technologies. The recommendations in this report were directed to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the corrective actions are to be applicable government-wide, and included:

• Establish standardized contract clauses that agencies must use when adopting cloud computing technologies;
• Determine how best to enforce FedRAMP compliance;
• Establish a process and reporting mechanism to ensure Federal agencies require CSPs to meet the FedRAMP authorization requirements in a timely manner; and
• Incorporate routine reviews of agency information system inventories into the continuous monitoring process.

We encouraged PBGC to review the report and consider CIGIE's recommendations as PBGC moves forward in using cloud solutions.
Click on this link to access the report on CIGIE's website:
https://www.ignet.gov/sites/default/files/files/Cloud%20Computing%20Initiative%20Report.pdf.

We thank PBGC for the support we received during this audit and look forward to working with the Corporation as the agency cloud computing initiatives evolve.