Hoh boy! 
Almost spewed out my morning coffee when I saw this, folks! This is RIPE, people, simply RIPE.
U.S. Government Sets Up App Store and Cloud Computing for Public Records
(CNN) — The Obama administration has unveiled a government “app store” designed to push the federal bureaucracy into the era of cloud computing.
The change means some federal employees will begin using services like YouTube, Gmail and WordPress, which store data on private Internet servers instead of on those paid for with public money.
The process will start small but will ramp up quickly, Vivek Kundra, the U.S. chief information officer, said in a blog post on Tuesday.
“Our policies lag behind new trends, causing unnecessary restrictions on the use of new technology,” Kundra writes in the post on WhiteHouse.gov.
“We are dedicated to addressing these barriers and to improving the way government leverages new technology.”
The app store is designed for federal employees doing official government business and is not intended for use by the public.
Also on Tuesday, Google announced the creation of a “government cloud,” in which public data will be stored on Google computer servers by 2010. According to a Google blog post, this dedicated space will serve the needs of federal, state and local governments.
With “cloud computing,” users access applications that exist online instead of on their computers’ hard drives.
Both projects are designed to save the government money and to give government employees access to tools sometimes used in the private sector. The measures fall in line with the Obama administration’s efforts to get the federal government up to speed with the latest technologies.
Kundra wrote that the cost savings could be significant. The federal government spends $75 billion per year on data storage and other information technology costs, he wrote.
Golly, I’ve got an idea– STOP STORING SO MUCH INFORMATION!! Hello?! Does the government REALLY need to know Americans’ bathroom habits? Our business insurance costs? To harvest DNA of every living citizen?? To monitor our cars and food and health care??? No!
And all this is beside the point– Do you REALLY trust the government with YOUR information stored on computers online, in one big basket? The government can’t even manage keeping our Social Security numbers off IRS mailing labels! Give me a break!
I don’t know about you, but I am SICK of the government encroaching more and more and more into my life. I want them OUT. 
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
LOL! They really are turning into a circus side show in Washington!
I watched part of NObama on the David Letterman show last night. What a joke! NObama really has no clue!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Vote them all out…let’s start from scratch…the only problem for me is…finding decent, law abiding citizens who love this country and are……willing to pick up the mess left behind.
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I happen to like President Obama and I’m willing to give him a chance. The last guy drove the country off of a cliff. It’s going to take a while to get the car back on the road.
The people who are already complaining about the president are the same ones who said nothing while the other guy led us into a needless war.
I bet most of the $75 billion that the government is spending on data storage and other information technology costs is for updated computers, software and bandwidth. Data storage costs have been going down for years.
Than again, these are the same people who gave us $500 hammers ,$1000 toilet seats, and $1 billion dollar airplanes.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I hate Obama. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but he’s just a front man for the progressives who want to drive our country into the ground.
No, you are wrong, John– the people who are already complaining about Obama are NOT the same ones who said nothing about the other guy. This mess that is the current United States government goes WAAAY beyond the past 12 years… learn from history. There is a lot more to this than what the news corps are telling us; I wish folks would stop viewing everything through political “good guy/bad guy” lenses.
I bet most of that $75 million is going into surveillance technology. Why would I win this bet? Because I am putting two and two together, not resting on wishful thinking that “Our Guy” will do what’s best for us peons because “he’s one of us.” That mentality is dangerous. I haven’t seen too many politicians fulfilling their oaths to “protect, defend, preserve” the U.S. Constitution. Rather I see them protecting, defending, and preserving their political agendas, their parties, and their butts.
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” Patrick Henry
October 13th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Actually, I think you’re completely wrong about all of this… the whole idea of putting information in a computer base is a great idea- its tax money we’d be saving!
If you want to argue something, please be aware of what it is.