Obama Administration to launch cloud computing initiative….at NASA

The Obama Administration will launch a “cloud computing initiative” next week and they’ve picked an appropriate place to make the announcement: NASA.

According to a release from NASA today, Vivek Kundra, White House federal chief information officer will “outline his vision for a new federal government cloud computing initiative” at a press conference at NASA’s NASA’s Ames Research Center Tuesday September 15.

Details on what the announcement will be aren’t available at this stage, but NASA promises that in addition to NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, “top Silicon Valley information technology leaders are scheduled to attend the news conference.”

For those who love cloud computing, the conference takes place at 10am Tuesday, with the event being simulcast on NASA TV.

(Img: new snap from the Hubble Telescope c/- NASA)