Support for the initiative continues even though Kundra in August to take a fellowship at Harvard University.

"Vivek is the visionary guy, but the next step now is really around policy and governance," says Morgenthal. "These are less visionary and more detail-oriented, so in certain regards, it's good timing, so whoever comes in next can be more structured and eliminate those hurdles."

Glacial Change

Fed IT Leaders Head to the Cloud -- Slowly

More and more federal IT leaders are moving to the cloud, according a survey of 46 CIOs of major federal departments and independent agencies that was conducted by TechAmerica and Grant Thornton LLP. However, the May 2011 survey showed that progress is slow: