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Re: Cloud.gov

#31

https://cloud.gov/docs/deployment/frameworks/ Not supported cloud.gov cannot run applications that use .NET Framework, or application binaries that require access to Microsoft Windows kernel or system APIs. Interesting that most container/cloud environments don't support .Net framework

.net core is not supported?

Re: Cloud.gov

#32

https://cloud.gov/docs/deployment/frameworks/ Not supported cloud.gov cannot run applications that use .NET Framework, or application binaries that require access to Microsoft Windows kernel or system APIs. Interesting that most container/cloud environments don't support .Net framework

Yes, but dollars to donuts they support Dot Net Core.

Re: Cloud.gov

#34

Considering this is only for FedRAMP Low/Medium, I'm not sure why any contractor or agency would pick this over AWS GovCloud, where finding people already familiar with the platform is easy.

Or the AWS commercial east/west regions. All of which have FedRAMP moderate ATOs.

Re: Cloud.gov

#35
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(Off topic): this page linked at the bottom of cloud.gov is quite interesting. Visitor analytics for government sites. https://analytics.usa.gov/

The vast majority of people using US gov websites are not in the US? It says 92.5% are international. Huh.

Re: Cloud.gov

#36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

M̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶a̶l̶y̶t̶i̶c̶s̶.̶ I was wrong. They are are using GA.

You sure? Mentions sampling limits for GA on the page.

Thanks for pointing this out. I looked for the domain of fetched resources, and assumed they weren't. It seems they are using, but from their own domain.

Re: Cloud.gov

#37

Cloud.gov was really promising when it was announced years ago, but in practice there ended up being so many differing security requirements and security boundary tensions between them and purported customers of them that they didn’t end up having any real impact because while some could use them, many could not, and those who could often found it easier to just not use them. There were also issues getting needed per…

So we need BaaS? Bureaucracy as a service?

I’m sure AI in charge of organizing a process can build forms and reach BAAS naturally.

What I wonder is, to output a mess process, would it be faster than actual government services, or do govt services effectively act as brownian agents?

Re: Cloud.gov

#38
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The UK equivalent has just announced it’s closing down for many of the reasons people comment here - https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/07/12/why-weve-decided-to-decom...

It seems like this product could be better (less risky) as a set of shared config files or something.

You are not the only one to have this thought. The problem is - who comes and fixes the mess when the inevitable customizations needed have been done by a contractor who is now long gone? It seems like a great idea at the beginning, but at some point someone ends up responsible for a fleet of AWS accounts that have diverged in different odd ways. Who is that someone? Individual departments? A centralized department?

The latter sounds nice except for the lack of appetite (on both sides of the atlantic) for doing what's necessary to recruit and keep SREs as actual government employees rather than just contracting everything out...

Re: Cloud.gov

#39

Cloud.gov was really promising when it was announced years ago, but in practice there ended up being so many differing security requirements and security boundary tensions between them and purported customers of them that they didn’t end up having any real impact because while some could use them, many could not, and those who could often found it easier to just not use them. There were also issues getting needed per…

The issue is the business processes the government uses to contract, and purchase products and services as well as the processes for moving money between different agencies and departments are horrendous and involve a lot of people. This is true wether the value involved is $1 or $1 million. If any of the people involved is incompetent or decides they aren’t going to do their part in a timely fashion you are screwed.

Nothing will change until that changes.

Re: Cloud.gov

#40
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(Off topic): this page linked at the bottom of cloud.gov is quite interesting. Visitor analytics for government sites. https://analytics.usa.gov/

The vast majority of people using US gov websites are not in the US? It says 92.5% are international. Huh.

That doesn’t really surprise me, I don’t know that I visit .gov sites quite often, but people located internationally probably do lots of things that would require it (e.g. visas & immigration, talking to the embassy)
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