I'm concerned that this will have negative effects on both national security and government efficiency.
As an employee of a DoD contractor, we make use of several FedRAMP approved SaaS products that allow us to securely handle controlled unclassified information. Using these services has allowed us to quickly scale to meet the requirements of the national security programs we have contracts with by allowing our infrastructure engineers to focus on improving internal processes rather than manage a bunch of self hosted services.
There were a handful of other products from companies like Atlassian that we were hoping to be able to use in the next several months as they work through the FedRAMP approvals process. Unfortunately, FedRAMP is a component of the GSA's Technology Transformation Service[0]. With upwards of 10% of the workforce being laid off, I have to imagine this will slow approvals substantially. If this isn't addressed, this will only hurt the ability of US companies and government agencies to do their job.
As an employee of a DoD contractor, we make use of several FedRAMP approved SaaS products that allow us to securely handle controlled unclassified information. Using these services has allowed us to quickly scale to meet the requirements of the national security programs we have contracts with by allowing our infrastructure engineers to focus on improving internal processes rather than manage a bunch of self hosted services.
There were a handful of other products from companies like Atlassian that we were hoping to be able to use in the next several months as they work through the FedRAMP approvals process. Unfortunately, FedRAMP is a component of the GSA's Technology Transformation Service[0]. With upwards of 10% of the workforce being laid off, I have to imagine this will slow approvals substantially. If this isn't addressed, this will only hurt the ability of US companies and government agencies to do their job.
[0] https://tts.gsa.gov/services/products/