Recovery.gov moves into the cloud

Recovery.gov, the government website where Americans have access to data related to Recovery Act spending has officially moved to a cloud computing infrastructure. …

The immediate cost savings will be more than $330,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $420,000 in fiscal year. But there will also be other savings too, the agency said, noting that there is no longer a concern about or expense of an underlying data center or computer equipment.

I have issues with government using private companies for infrastructure (it’s a philosophical thing about government and privatization and such), but this might just be a win. Besides, I like Amazon.

Read: Washington jumps into cloud, moves Recovery.gov to Amazon EC2 (Via techPresident)