In summary, this intent has been shown by the following;
The US Government has signalled a clear intention to use cloud computing services. This intention was first signalled with the release of apps.gov – a US Government portal to allow different cloud service vendor to market their offerings to the government sector and to provide information on cloud computing
A ‘cloud first’ policy is being adopted by Federal Government. This means in effect that provided security, reliability and cost-effectiveness criteria are met, Federal agencies should use cloud based services as a default.
Considering that the US Government spends $80m each year on IT related expenditure, this could be a huge investment in the Cloud.