{"id":7352,"date":"2025-08-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=7352"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:51:49","slug":"bidens-fedramp-20x-pilot-speeds-up-cloud-approvals-as-federal-agencies-embrace-faster-it-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/bidens-fedramp-20x-pilot-speeds-up-cloud-approvals-as-federal-agencies-embrace-faster-it-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s FedRAMP 20x pilot speeds up cloud approvals as Federal agencies embrace faster IT shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"640\"><span id=\"input-sentence~0\">For more than a decade, getting a cloud service certified for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">U.S.<\/a><\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~1\">government use has been a slow, sometimes painful process.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~2\">Timelines stretched beyond a year, testing the patience of agencies and vendors alike.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~3\">Now, that bottleneck is breaking.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~4\">The General Services Administration (GSA) says it has approved 114 cloud services in the first months of fiscal year 2025, already more than twice last year\u2019s total.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~5\">Driving this surge is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedramp.gov\/20x\/phase-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FedRAMP 20x<\/a>, a Biden-era pilot program that rethinks the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program from the ground up.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~6\">Since 2011, FedRAMP has been the government\u2019s gatekeeper for evaluating the security of cloud services.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~7\">The framework offered some structure, sure, but it dragged its feet\u2014leaving agencies hanging, waiting on tech they needed yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~8\">With the 20x pilot, rolled out after the OMB\u2019s 2024 directive, things are finally speeding up.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~9\">The main goals?<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~10\">Slash documentation requirements, automate review processes, and accelerate decision-making, all while keeping security standards solid.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~11\">Now, vendors have to deliver critical security data in machine-readable formats\u2014no more slogging through manual checks.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~12\">It\u2019s about time.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~13\">Artificial intelligence runs a first pass on the information, flagging issues for human reviewers, which shaves months off the approval cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~14\">Pete Waterman, who heads FedRAMP, said the results so far prove speed and security can work together.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~15\">Phase one of the pilot is currently testing low-impact applications and will close to new submissions on August 19.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~16\">Phase two will raise the stakes by including moderate-impact applications, bringing higher-security environments into the program while collecting feedback to refine the process further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~17\">Although this acceleration carries the Biden administration\u2019s imprint, the groundwork for centralized <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/u-s-interior-department-seeks-fresh-fix-for-aging-federal-it-infrastructure\/\">federal technology<\/a> buying came during the Trump years.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~18\">At that time, procurement shifted to government-wide contracts that let agencies buy from vetted vendors without launching separate bidding rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~19\">Together, those earlier reforms and today\u2019s FedRAMP 20x initiative are changing how Washington buys and approves technology.<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~20\">Agencies now have a realistic chance of getting secure, compliant cloud services in weeks instead of years, opening the door for faster modernization across the <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/oracles-aggressive-price-slash-sends-shockwaves-through-federal-tech-procurement\/\">federal landscape<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than a decade, getting a cloud service certified for U.S. government use has been a slow, sometimes painful process. 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