Saxon spoke with FedScoop at the 2019 Cloud Smart Talks event.

CMS division technology chief says cloud gives more processor, storage, memory and autoscaling capabilities, making it the “better model for us”.

Saxon describes how CMS is transforming its digital operations.

Agency IT leaders said Cloud Smart really emphasizes the realization that agencies should be more strategic in moving to the cloud, not just acquiring it because it's a buzzy technology.

The redundancy of carrying a personal identification verification card when most everyone has a smartphone could push identity management toward the cloud and PIVs toward ​obsolescence. But not all of government is so ready to rely on the cloud.