The service is focused on the "rapid assessment of SaaS offerings," particularly those that deal with business processes and information at the Department of Defense's cloud security Impact Level 4 or lower.

The Air Force has put one system through Fast Track ATO so far, and it took just five weeks.

HHS hopes to demonstrate how all three together could streamline its buying power by November.

Finding more efficiency in the ATO process has been a conundrum for public and private sectors, but an 18F team thinks they may have finally cracked it.

The FedRAMP Reform Act requires federal to report their compliance with the cloud authorization program while also aiming to streamline its operations.

Kurt Garbars said in a LinkedIn post that he officially retired June 30, leaving federal service after a 30-year tenure.