-----Original Message-; __ _ From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:13 AM To: Kalil, Thomas A. Cc: Christopher J. Scalese; Adrian Hookej Kundra, Vivek; Chopra, Aneesh; McLaughlin, Andrew J. Subject: Space Communications - important! Tom, As you know, I have been working since 1998 with a NASA and MITRE team to make Delay and Disruption Tolerant communication real for the Defense Department and for NASA (and other space-faring nations). The program has been supported on a shoe-string for about 11 years and we are just now at the point where live space testing has begun. I was deeply distressed to discover that the FY2011 budget at NASA has essentially zeroed the funds for!the crucial space qualification of these protocols. They need to be flight ready for US and European missions to mars that will launch in the mid-2010's time frame. I know that the NASA budget has been a political football but this is one area that really needs attention. It is a modest $10M program but will make a huge difference in interoperability among the spacecraft of all nations and it will significantly increase the flexibility of space- based platforms to be re-purposed to serve the communication needs of new missions as the primary missions of earlier space craft are completed and can be adapted to become part of a growing interplanetary backbone network. It would be most helpful if you could take a moment to discuss this situation with Chris Scolese and Adrian Hooke at NASA HQ. I have copied them for convenience. Hope this finds you well. Over at EOB/NEOB next week to see Howard Schmidt before heading to the Middle East. vint apologies to the cc's on this message for spam but I wanted to make sure we are all in sync on this matter. From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:29 PM To: Chopra, Aneesh; Kundra, Vivek Cc: Raj Shah; Carla Lafever; Krency, Caroline; Mielke, Dawn M.; Alfred Spector; Marc Donner Subject: Health Care update - 30 min? Aneesh, Vivek, I have to be over at EOB to talk to Howard Schmidt Feb 3. from 3-4 pm; is there any chance that raj shah and I could see you for 30 min before or after that time? If not, we will try to schedule another time when our calendars can coincide. Raj Shah and I have two propositions to discuss: 1. Promoting a policy at community health centers to make use of technology to improve chronic health care for the patients (about 20 million) that use these centers. we have an example of a mobile application that we think illustrates how technology can greatly assist patients in the management of chronic illness. 2. We think that it might make sense to schedule a White House conference on Chronic Disease and its dominance in our health care needs (and costs). We plan to suggest this to John Holdren, Eric Lander, and Harold Varmus at PCAST and copy Eric Schmidt because of his PCAST focus on information technology. We believe strongly that information technology has an important role to play in the general health care system and that a White House Conference might focus useful attention on ways in which IT can be applied. Hope this finds you both well and productive, Vint Cerf From: david.mcclure@gsa.gov [mailto:david.mcclure@gsa.gov] Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 9:28 AM To: Kundra, Vivek Subject: Center for IT Importance: High Good luck today in Orlando at Gartner Symposium. Knock them dead! When you get back, you and I should sit down and go over what we have pulled together for the Center for IT housed at GSA. We have some pilots proposed for this next year and ideas for the following year. I am engaging several companies to get ideas on how they have set up !their own Innovation Centers and the processes they use for choosing investment initiatives (Microsoft, Google, Oracle, IBM, others). Also reaching out to other federal e tities t at do similar thin s llke DARPA DOD inQTel NIH DOE Labs, DHS Science and Tech Directorate. '(0}(5) ··· · . ·.•· . · · {b)(5) (b)(5) The Center can become more t an JUS he "sandbox" platform for government IT solutions. It could also become the government's Center of Excellence for IT and could tie into longer term governmentwide IT initiatives and service provisioning \Cb)(5), .· · · ·· • 2 J u :.} • < " We also need to start working on your speaking platform for the future directions for IT ({b)f5) ; •·· ........·.•. ·•• .. . ···• .·· .• •·· . • .!You and I are on a panel at ELC along with Shelly Metzenbaum to discuss the Management agenda of the Administration. We should also discuss this next week as ELC is the following week. f(b)(5) Call me on my mobile if you need anything before you hit the stage this pm at Gartner. Good luck! Thanks, Dave Dave McClure, Ph.D. Associate Administrator General Services Administration Office of Citizen Services and Communications Office: 202-501-0705 Mobile: .·· =cJ From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:15 AM To! Chopra, Aneesh; Andrew Mclaughlin; Kalil, Thomas A.; Kundra, Vivek; Crawford, Susan P.; Alec Ross Cc: David Nordfors Subject: innovation journalism Dear Brain Trust, David Nordfors popped up on my radar screen several years ago with a catchy notion "innovation journalism.'' I said, "what's that" and it has turned out to be a very interesting area of research and debate. It is innovation IN journalism and journalism ABOUT innovation rolled up into one. David heads the Stanford University Innovation Journalism program that is strongly supported by the Swedish Wallenberg Foundation. So why am I cluttering up your inbox? Well, David speaks for himself and his program below. The problem of erosion of the quality of journalism in the traditional media, partly a consequence of new technology and alternative sources of news (mostly online), poses a hazard to democratic processes. An uninformed democracy leads to poor quality decisions, especially those put into the hands of the public. Some of the raucus debates about health care reform can be traced to misinformation, disinformation, urban legends and a variety of other information impairments, by way of example. Susan's inter-agency meetings on Thursdays struck me as a potential venue in which Innovation J oumalism might be fruitfully discussed. While David's attention was first drawn to Aneesh in his role as CTO, it seems to me that you, collectively, represent some of the best minds in the Obama administration who are grappling explicitly or implicitly with the role of innovation in American society and might find it informative to learn more about David's program at Stanford. Vint Begin forwarded message: From: David Nordfors Date: August 12, 2009 7:01:46 PM EDT To: Vint Cerf Subject: Re: intro to Aneesh Chopra? Vint, Thanks for helping me get in touch with Aneesh Chopra. As the CTO of the USA, he is instrumental for connecting the innovation economy and the democratic system. That's a challenging task in society today, because it's difficult to get that story into the news. The newsrooms are organized to cover stories about tech 1 OR business OR politics, not about how they hang together - which is the key issue for innovation. The innovation story gets chopped into bits to fit the slots in the news, missing the bigger picture (check the picture below). Although newspapers will go away, we can be certain about the professional journalism will continue to be influential (Huffington Post is quite influential today). The point is this: for democracy to be competitive in the global innovation economy, we need an infrastructure for facilitating public discussion around how we innovate. The key to this infrastructure for public debate are journalists, who have the ability (and incentive) to attract public attention to issues of public interest, on behalf of the public. Apart from the Innovation Journalism initiative centered here at Stanford, nearly nobody is working on developing professional journalism that focuses on innovation. The innovation journalism center at Stanford is a start. Since 2004, we have been hosting journalists from around the world, mixing lectures on innovation here at Stanford with internships in leading US newsrooms. The curriculum for the Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program will be very much the same in 2010 as in 2009 (the 2009 curriculum is here). So far I know of getting journalism fellows from Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Pakistan and Mexico. I am counting on in all around 15 Fellows. If other countries decide to join during the autumn, there will be more. So Silicon Valley is today the world center for developing best practices in how to tell the story of innovation in the news. This sounds grander than it is today, since the need for this type of news is still not very recognized. As you know I coined the expression "innovation journalism" in 2003. It did not exist before. But still, the need is obvious as soon as one starts thinking about it. The recognition will grow, and with it comes the possibility of establishing the US as the world center for telling the story of innovation. (which is as important for the US in shaping the global perception of innovation, as the Dollar is for the world trade). It would be great to get the chance to tell Aneesh more about what we are doing here at Stanford to make this vision come true. We have a top notch set of advisors - yourself included. Some of the other names are: Don Kennedy - president emeritus Stanford and fmr Editor-in-Chief of Nature, David Demarest - VP Public Affairs Stanford & fmr head of communications of the White House, Curtis Carlson - President SRI International and Anders Flodstrom Chancellor of the Swedish System for Higher Education and Executive Board Member of the European Institute oflnnovation and Technology. They are engaged and I am in regular contact with them. We had an excellent advisory board meeting at the yearly Injo conference at Stanford http://ij6.innovationjoumalism.org The best comprehensive overview of the Injo conceptual framework and the Stanford+ global initiative is in a review article I published a few months ago: INNOVATION JOURNALISM ATTENTION WORK, AND THE INNOVATION ECONOMY. A Review of' the Innovation Journalism Initiative 2003-2009 Innovation Journalism Vol. 6 No. 1May1, 2009 By David Nord/ors This article presents a review of the innovation journalism initiative so far. The novel concepts of innovation journalism, attention work and innovation communication systems are presented and put into context, explaining why journalism and communication may be considered important components ofthe innovation economy, as well as how this may benefit society. The need for a new definition of journalism' is discussed, suggesting a definition based on the relation between journalism and its audience, rather than on its relation to the medium it uses for communicating with the audience. The role ofjournalism in the innovation economy ts a novel academic research.field. The rationale for this research is presented together with examples ofplausible research topics. Innovation journalism 2 initiatives are emerging in several places around the world. The seminal VINNOVA Stanford initiative at Stanford University is presented together with the national initiatives in Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Pakistan, Mexico, and the EU My bio is on wikipedia, if you need it. Let me know if my full CV is needed, it can be supplied. /David VERTICAL NEWSROOM HORIZONTAL TOPIC FRAGMENTED OUTPUT David Nordfors. Ph.D. Executive Director, VINNOVA-Stanford Research Center of Innovation Journalism Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University Phone: +1 650 804 5184 Email: nordfors@stanford.edu On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Vint Cerf wrote: i think a one-pager describing what you want to talk about would be helpful. 3 v On Aug 11, 2009, at 3:17 PM, David Nordfors wrote: Wow - Aneesh is into the same stuff as I did with the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (with Mats Brunell) back in the early 90s. We got IT and Internet into schools, museums, government etc, talking about "information infrastructure" and who does what in it. Aneesh's Virginia Physics Flexbook could have been one of our projects. I built funding programs for coHaboration between university and industry. We set up the II Foundation that owns the .se gTLD. I set up funding programs for innovation testbeds that put together people and machines for testing new services, involving both companies and universities. Aneesh speaks my language 99%. IfI could get a chance to chat with him interactively (IRL, Skype orphone)things might click. You think it's possible to schedule a phone meeting around the topic of how to enable public discussion around innovation processes and ecosystems, and what we are doing here at Stanford, and only after that follow up with a proposal if he wants one? Or is a proposal needed in the first place to get his attention? Can you be interested in taking part in a chat with him about how we can bring up the quality of public discussion and decision making around innovation? cheers, ID On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Vint Cerf wrote: prepare a summary of what you want to have in the way of support and I will forward to him. You will need to explain innovation journalism as this may be a new idea to him. v On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:45 AM, David Nordfors wrote: Hi Vint, I saw a recent clip with Aneesh Chopra. He says "his top priority is to invest in the building blocks of innovationprimarily by ensuring we have smart, secure infrastructure, focusing the national $150 billion research and development budget towards commercialization, and making sure that we have a 21st-century workforce.". You think he might be interested in supporting development of Innovation Journalism to make that happen in the US democracy? If so, do you know how to best get to him? cheers, ID 4 -----Or1g1na essage----From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:50 AM To: Kundra, Vivek Subject: medical industry standards. Hi Vivek! sorry to clutter your inbox. We have a meeting with you schedule for July 9, I believe. Raj Shah runs a local Rockville company called CTIS that primarily does clinical trial automation (gathering and organizing inf r ion needed b FDA to assess the efficacy of drugs under < · onsidera ion for a roval . (b}(6) (b)(6) he question is what role, :!. f any, should USG an in particular your office, play in establishing standards for health care records or generally in encouraging tests and collaborations leading to the aggregation of patient health care information. I think there is a serious effort under way in the Veteran's Administration, for example, to achieve that goal at least for veteran <. · • · I am concerned about your crazy schedule and priorities, so if this topic is too far away from your radar screen, I don't want to impose. Vint From: Katie Jacobs Stanton Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:30 AM To: Kundra, Vivek Subject: Google Analytics Hi Vivek, If we were to use an analytics tool on all Federal websites, we would be able to easily measure and track the usage, user behavior and utility of the various websites. It would also allow us to more easily quantify and decide which of the 24,000 Federal websites we actually need. I'm sure there are many different kids of Analytics tools to use, but the one I know best is Google Analytics. I will recuse m self from those direct conversations, but the Product Manager to talk to is 1tb)J6} I (p}(6) et me kri.ow if I should do an introduction to someone on your team to follow up and make an H Thanks! Katie '•" '•. • From: Schmidt, Howard A. Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:41 AM To; Kundra, Vivek Cc: Painter, Christopher M.; D'Amato, Michael A. Subject: RE: Meeting with Peter That is where the information is coming from. I have asked Steve to get a briefing for us from Brook onwhere in EOP is using Google beyond the search engine. There is a couple other things Brook is working onl(IJ}(5! ;.. ,J ·· . · I think it would be good to get an update. j(b)(5) · .:, · ·. · · '· · .. come up this morning at the IT sec meeting I spoke at in the context of private sector is doing a lot to rollout but the government is an unknown. · From: Kundra, Vivek Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:34 AM To: Schmidt, Howard A. Cc: Painter, Christopher M.; D'Amato, Michael A. Subject: Re: Meeting with Peter I'm not aware of potential use of Google apps. We should check with Brook to see if he is doing anything on that front. From: Schmidt, Howard A. To: Kundra, Vivek Cc: Painter, Christopher D'Amato, Michael A. Sent: Tue Apr 20 11:24:01 2010 Subject: RE: Meeting with Peter Hi Vivek, We missed you last night at the CDT dinner. As to the deck, beyond Chris' suggestion about the budget issue I am good with this. On another note, we have been contacted about some questions about EOP using/planning to use "Google applications" I was not aware of anything but wanted to check to see if you were and lf not to have them brief us on what they are looking to implement. Thx Howard From: Kundra, Vivek Sent: Tuesday, Apr11 20, 2010 8:09 AM To: Schmidt, Howard A. Cc: Painter, Christopher M.; D'Amato, Michael A. Subject: Meeting with Peter I Howard, Attached is version 1.0 of the deck that we can use for the meeting with Peter Orszag. We'll be meeting with OMB General Counsel to see if the "short-term" option is possible. I'd love your input on the deck. Thanks, Vivek 2 From: Michele Weslander Quaid [mallto:michele.weslander@ugov.gov] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:12 PM To: Kundra, Vivek Cc: Vivek Kundra Subject: status report and proposal for your reference Hello, Vivek, Happy snow week. Can you believe the Fed will be closed for a 4th day straight? I keep thinking, if we only had this collaboration enterprise set up, we could all still be very productive even from home! Regards, Michele 1 From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:02 PM To: Chopra, Aneesh; Kundra, Vivek Cc: Raj Shah; Atfred Spector Subject: Definitions of Community Health Center and Chronic Disease Patients These strike me as very workable definitions that might inform policy making for better health care in the US. Vint Begin forwarded message: From: "Raj Shah" Date: January 28, 2010 9:42:11 AM EST To: "Vint Cerf' Cc: "Connie Dafton" Subject: Here is the information Here are the defmitions in your email to Anish and Vivek: "Community Health Centers" can uniquely benefit from the use of information technology in improving chronic health care at all three levels of care. These levels include the following: * Community doctors, who are participate in ambulatory services in conjunction with major medical centers, research institutes, and community hospitals. * Free community clinics that get funding through federal, state and local government, as well as philanthropic organizations and foundations * Private practice and stand-alone medical groups consisting of approximately 10-100 doctors, nurses, and health care providers. Overall, within these three levels of community-provided health care, include approximately 150,000 doctors who offer multi-disciplinary services working in community health centers across the United States. "Chronic disease patients" have several medical and lifestyle concerns that can be uniquely aided by the use oftechnology and IT. In discussing these particular patients, within the context of this project, there are specific criteria we are targeting. These criteria include the following: * Patients who are between 35 and 65 years of age * Patients who cost the health care industry an average of $30,000 a year or an average of $150,000 over five years. * Patients who are struggling with 2-4 diseases, with 3+ doctors, taking 5+ medications at multiple times during the day, and having to perform 3+ diagnostic tests on themselves a day. * Patients who are required to have a medically regimented diet and exercise plan, or additionally have alternative methods for disease management * Patients who generally spend on average 2+ hours a day in the management of their health, including a total of25+ medical or health related activities daily While the overall chronic disease population, across all age groups, consists of over 50 million individuals, this specific cohort of patients who include over 20 million people, consist of many who are industry professionals, technologically savvy, and highly functional. individuals quite capable of making substantial contributions to the economic well-being of the country. Simple calculations conclude that taking into account the annual average cost of health care for these 20 million chronic disease patients, it costs approximately $600 billion a year to provide care for these patients. By utilizing technology, and keeping chronic disease patients healthier, we can achieve savings of approximately $120 billion annual, reaching the level over a period of 7-10 years. The initial technology investment required would be approximately $10-20 billion over 3-5 years; however reductions in the cost of health care will be apparent in years 4-5. This alone would make a tremendous dent in the cost of health care. Much respect and regards Raj shah 2 "Cultivate the habit ofleaving the past behind and smile your way into the future" This electronic message contains information from CTIS Inc., which may be company sensitive, proprietary, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be used solely by the recipients named above. If you are not an intended recipient, be aware that any review,disclosure, copying, distribution or use of th.is transmission or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately at CITGroup@ctisinc.corn. 3 From: Carla Lafever [mailto:carlal@google.com] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:17 PM To: Vint Cerf Cc: Kundrc, Vivek; pat gallagher; Denise Herbert Subject: Re: Request For meeting to review IT Standards issues - urgent For Vint, a 2 hour block of time for an in person meeting would be any of the following: November 19 any time up until 9:30 am EST November 20 any time up until 11 :00 am EST November 30 any time up until 11:30 am EST December 1 - any time up until 2:00 pm EST December 4 - any time up until 10:00 am EST Please let me know if you'd like me to hold any/all of these until others have a chance to check their schedules. Carla On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Vint Cerf wrote: Vivek, Pat, I respectfully request that we set up a meeting to discuss the current status of standards work on Health IT, Security and Smart Grid. NIST has a role in all of these, although it is not a uniform one. I am very concerned about the present course these efforts are taking, from the architectural point of view. I think there is a powerful opportunity to engage OMB and NIST to help guide these critical efforts in beneficial directions. Vivek, I think it would be helpful to invite Andrew McLaughlin or perhaps even Aneesh, to participate, to assure OSTP perspective is available. I propose allocating up to 2 hours for this meeting. To make this less onerous, maybe the first hour could be breakfast at the WH mess? Carla when am I available for such a meeting? I would be pleased to come to the EOB. Vint 1 Hitter, Thomas E. From: Sent: To: Subject: Krency, Caroline Wednesday, September 08, 201 O4:37 PM Hitter, Thomas E. FW: Space Communications - important! Page 45 -----Original Message----From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 6:58 AM To: Kalil, Thomas A. Cc: CScolese@nasa.gov; adrian.j.hooke@nasa.govj Kundra, Vivek; Chopra, Aneesh; McLaughlin, Andrew J. Subject: Re: Space Communications - important! I am relieved to hear this, Tom. Yes, this is the final push to space-qualify the interplanetary internet. The effort is managed by Adrian Hooke who has details as to the various parts of NASA that have supported the work. Vint On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:40 AM, Kalil, Thomas A. wrote: > Dear Vint: > > I'd be delighted to explore this with my NASA colleagues. > > I remember that some of the funding that President Clinton provided > for the Next Generation Internet supported the Interplanetary Internet > - is this the outgrowth of that? > > Do you know which part of NASA was supporting this? > > > > > Original Message ----> From: Vint Cerf > To: Kalil, Thomas A. >Cc: Christopher J. Scolese ; Adrian Hooke > >; Kundra, Vivek; ChopraJ Aneesh; McLaughlin, Andrew J. > Sent: Mon Feb 01 00:12:48 2010 > Subject: Space Communications - important! > > Tom, > > As you know, I have been working since 1998 with a NASA and MITRE team > to make Delay and Disruption Tolerant communication real for the >Defense Department and for NASA (and other space-faring nations). The > program has been supported on a shoe-string for about 11 years and we 1 > are just now at the point where live space testing has begun. I was > deeply distressed to discover that the FY2011 budget at NASA has > essentially zeroed the funds for the crucial space qualification of > these protocols. They need to be flight ready for US and European > missions to mars that will launch in the mid-2010's time frame. I know > that the NASA budget has been a political football but this is one > area that really needs attention. It is a modest $10M program but will > make a huge difference in interoperability among the spacecraft of all > nations and it will significantly increase the flexibility of space> based platforms to be re-purposed to serve the communication needs of > new missions as the primary missions of earlier space craft are > completed and can be adapted to become part of a growing > interplanetary backbone network. > > It would be most helpful if you could take a moment to discuss this > situation with Chris Scalese and Adrian Hooke at NASA HQ. I have > copied them for convenience. > > Hope this finds you well. Over at EOB/NEOB next week to see Howard > Schmidt before heading to the Middle East. > > vint > > apologies to the cc's on this message for spam but I wanted to make > sure we are all in sync on this matter. > 2 Hitter, Thomas E. From: Sent: To: Subject: Krency, Caroline Wednesday, September 08, 201 O4:37 PM Hitter, Thomas E. FW: Update for you Page 50 From: jcervelli@google.com [mailto:jcervelH@google.comJ On Behalf Of Dave Girouard Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:10 PM To: Kundra, Vivek Cc: Michael Lock; Mike Bradshaw; David Mihalchik; Jamie Cervelli Subject: Update for you DearVlvek, I want you to know that werecently detected a cyber attack targeting Google's infrastructure as well as that of at least 20 other publicly listed companies. This incidentwas particularly notable for its high degree of sophistication.We believe Google Apps and related customer data were not affected by this incident, but I wanted to reach out to you directly to make sure you are aware. Please read more about our public statement on the Official Google Bloghere. Please also read our statement to enterprise customershere. If you'd like, we can arrange to speak by phone today or at your convenience to discuss this matter further. Best regards, Dave Girouard Dave Girouard I President I Enterprise I Google I 650.253.6129 1 Hitter, Thomas E. From: Sent: Krency, Caroline Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:37 PM Hitter, Thomas E. FW: An Idea for an American IT upgrade To: Subject: Page 66 -----Original Message----From: Mielke, Dawn M. Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 4:19 PM To: 'Vint Cerf'; Chopra, Aneesh Cc: carlaL@google.com; Rod@beckstrom.com; andrew.mclaughlin@gmail.com; Kundra, Vivek Subject: RE: An Idea for an American IT upgrade 10:30 is good for Aneesh and Vivek. Please send me your security info, name, ssn and date of birth. Please come to the New Executive Office Building, 725 17th St NW, room 5208. Call me if you have any problems. Dawn Mielke (o) 202-456-6010 (c) 202-294-0210 -----Original Message----From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 4:14 PM To: Chopra, Aneesh Cc: carlal@google.com; Rod@beckstrom.com; andrew.mclaughlin@gmail.com; Kundra, Vivek; Mielke, Dawn M. Subject: Re: An Idea for an American IT upgrade Great Minds! ! , 1030 a.m. at EOB? works for me I think. Carla can you confirm? please work with Dawn and with Rod Beckstrom as to logistics. Vint On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Chopra, Aneesh wrote: > Funny timing. This is precisely how we intend to launch PITAC and its > related internal counterpart, the NSTC (I have invited Vivek to serve > as my co-chair when we launch in the coming weeks) > > Dawn can arrange time as monday morning should work. Maybe 1030? > > > ----- Original Message ----> From: Vint Cerf > To: Chopra, Aneesh > Cc: Carla Lafever ; Rod Beckstrom > >; Andrew Mclaughlin ; Kundra, Vivek 1 > sent: Fri Sep 25 16:03:07 2009 > Subject: An Idea for an American IT upgrade > > Aneesh, > > Rod Beckstrom and I discussed an idea that we would like very much to > run by you next week if it is humanly possible. I have some time on my > calendar Monday morning 9/28 before noon or after 3 pm on 9/30. The > basic idea can be presented and discussed in under 30 min. It might > involve the re-constitution of the President's Information Technology > council reporting to you, for example, as CTO. A major theme would be > the coordination and review of the many IT-related initiatives now > underway: > > Smart Grid, Electronic Health Care Records, DNSSEC (Domain Name System > Security), RPKI (IP address registry tables with digitally-signed > entries for IP address assignments to ISPs (autonomous system > operators), IPv6, IDNs (internationalized domain names)J the Enduring > Security Framework program, the national broadband deployment program > and a host of others. The idea is that the diverse programs that are > generally aimed at improving the cyber-infrastructure of the United > States should have coordination and oversight through you office, with > outside input coming from a re-constituted PITAC. I > > on the budgetary side, Vivek would be involved in the formulation of >the President's budget and the review by your PITAC of the programs > and funding levels. When the PITAC existed in the Clinton > administration, it made a point of meeting/briefing relevant House and > Senate committees with budgetary responsibility for R&D in the IT > area. I think it is arguable that as CTO, you could widen the scope of > the PITAC to view strategies, tactics for acquisition and deployment. > Rod suggested a "cash for clunkers" program to upgrade routers to IPv6 > capability using tax credits or other incentives to stimulate adoption > of IPv6. > > am sure these only partly-baked ideas need refinement and Rod and I > would like to explore them with you briefly next week if this is of > interest and feasible. > > Vint Cerf > > 2 Hitter, Thomas E. From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Krency, Caroline Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:39 PM Hitter, Thomas E. FW: ASTRA Summary of Federal Science Funding May 28 Science Funding Analysis w-ARRA and FY10 PBR.doc; AIT562338.txt Page 135 -----Original Message----From: Vint Cerf [mailto:vint@google.com) Sent: Wednesday, June 03 1 2009 11:53 AM To: Kundra, Vivek Subject: Fwd: ASTRA Summary of Federal Science Funding Hi Vivekl I am back from Colombia and Brazil. In meetings in Brazil, including with their FCC (ANATEL) and with members of the House of Deputies and the Senate, it looked very likely that a visit by you to Brazil to discuss IT policy would be ·extremely welcomed. Do you have any interest in such a thing? Do you think Aneesh or Andrew Mclaughlin might be interested? Hope this finds you well if very busy - I see the cyber-security report was released. I am at on Thursday to discuss cyber-security efforts by the agency with Gen. Alexander. Happy to summarize anything that appears to be useful. The idea apparently is to engage with industry to tackle IT security on many fronts. NSA vint Begin forwarded message: 1 Weinberg, Jean B. Sunday, July 25, 2010 9:05 PM Kundra, Vivek Fw: WSJ: Microsoft, Google Vie to Sell U.S. Cloud Mail From: Sent: To: From: sahar,walf@gsa.gov To: Weinberg, Jean 8. Cc: ; 'casey.coleman@gsa.gov' ; 'caren.auchman@gsa.gov' i Kundra, Vivek; Robertson, Michael Sent: Sun Jul 25 20:47:04 2010 sut>jec:t: WSJ: Microsoft, Google Vie to Sell U.S. Cloud Mail . oogl I to "' I II 1111 Iii I ii A new front has opened in the battle between and other software to the federal government. Web-based email Inc. and The two technology giants already compete to win contracts from private businesses as well as state and local governments. Such customers hope to cut costs by switching to Web-based software from programs Installed on their own computers Now Google and Microsoft are vying to take over the job of providing email to the General Services U.S, agency that oversees government procurement and manages federal property. Besides the contract's size -some 15,000 employee email accounts-the bidding is being closely watched because the GSA often helps shape how other agencies acquire new technology. "The GSA is In a unique position as an influencer," says Curt Kolcun, vice president of Microsoft's public-sector In what vendors consider a key step, the GSA on ·· ·-!rru:o Concerns about security are a hurdle facing purveyors of Web-based no·-oec•:im;e they often store confidential data on behalf of customers. a of a field called cloud certification "ls validation for cloud computing for the government, and that helps the entire Industry," says Parker Harris, executive vice president of technology at The San software, which Francisco-based company is also app!ying for GSA certification for its online excludes email. The GSA uses Lotus Notes from Corp. now, an agency spcJKEtsworrian says. agency, which put a value on the contract, expects to award it before year. GSA contract offers Google a golden opportunity to build a beachhead in a Microsoft has long . More than 900/c) of the federal government uses Microsoft Exchange for ema!I, Mr, Kolcun says. Google, of Mountain View1 Calif., has previously encroached on Microsoft's turf in fields that include Web browsers and operating systems. Microsoft's counterattack Includes new Internet such as the search service the Redmond, Wash., company Is responding to competition from Google and other rivals by marketing a version of Exchange that hosts customer email services on servers owned by Microsoft. Mr. Kolcun Microsoft is helping several ''cabinet-level" agencies shift to the Web-based version, known as Business Productivity Online Suite. had some success. The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Labs Google also year shifted Its 5 1 000 email accounts to Google Apps 1 according to a government report in May. And more than 10 other agencies have started pilot programs to test Google Apps, a company spokesman says. offerings let users tap lnto email and other services from any machine with a Web browser, avoiding the need to buy and maintain special programs on lndivldual PCs as wefl as on server systems. A by the Obama administration's chief information officer says the concept could help trim the federal government's $76 billion annual budget for computer equipment and software. Google hopes Google Apps-which offers email as well as word-processing and spreadsheet features that .-,-,1.,...,..,,,,,r,,. w!th Microsoft's Office software-will prove a source of additional revenue beyond its Inc.1 business of search advertising. While Google has landed some large companies such as to migrate from Microsoft and from traditional corporate-hosted software, concerns about issues that indude securing data online. Google offers a free version of Google Apps for personal use, but it charges businesses $50 per user per with The software is now used by more than two million mostly small- and medium-size 3,000 signing up for the service every day, says Matt Glotzbach, a Google product management director. By Microsoft's standard Business Productivity Online Suite costs $120 per user per year, though many customers get discounts because they use other Microsoft products, a spokeswoman says. has also made Inroads with local and state governments. Last year, for example, the company beat out Microsoft for a five-year contract to provide services to Los Angeles, which has 34,000 employees. 1..:>uuurt: The transition to cloud-based services hasn't always gone smoothly. The Los project is to be completed the end of August-about two months behind the city's police ..rmonr iov1"'lr,,,·<:'.<:'.i::lrl concerns about whether the software meets California data-security requirements. "It's not surprising that such a large government would hit a few speed bumps along the way, and we're working with the city "to meet their evolving requirements," says Andrew Kovacs 1 a Google spokesman. 2 new waters/ adds Kevin Crawford, assistant general manager of the Information rcrT""'""''"""'" agency, who said the switch will save the city million during the contract period. of this kind are always complicated." · -Siobhan Gorman contributed to this article. Sahar Wall Associate Administrator of Communications & Marketing U.S. General Services Administration To: '"sahar.wali@gsa.gov"' From: "Weinberg, Jean B." Date: 07/24/2010 05:56PM cc: "'david.mcclure@gsa.gov"' , '"casey.coleman@gsa.gov'" , "'caren.auchman@gsa.. gov"' , "Kundra 1 Vivek" Subject: Re: from WSJ reporter From: To: Jean B. Cc: david.mcclure@gsa.gov ; casey.coleman@gsa.gov ; Kundra, Vivek Sent: Sat Jul 24 17:45:48 2010 '"'"""''"'""· Re: from WSJ reporter Been back and forth on email. His latest I just sent you via emal! From: Jean B;" Sent: 07/24/2010 05:44 PM AST To: Wall Cc: David McC!urei Casey Coleman; Caren Auchman; "Kundra, Vivek" Re: from WSJ reporter and seemed assert this be cert first From: sahar.wali@gsa.gov To: Weinberg, Jean B. Cc: davld.mcdure@gsa.gov i casey.coleman@gsa.gov ; Kundra, Vivek 24 17;41:59 2010 Re: from WSJ reporter JeanI heard back from the reporter and it looks like he's asserting that googles got the first cloud. Spoke to dave and and explained via email that both msft and Thanks, Sahar From: "Weinberg, Jean B," [Jean_B._Welnberg@omb.eop.gov] Sent: 07/23/2010 05:18 PM AST To: Sahar Wali Cc: David McClure; Casey Coleman; Caren Auchman; "Kundra, Vivek" RE: from WSJ reporter .w211i@1gs21.gcN [mailto:sahar.wali@gsa.gov] 2010 5:16 PM »uu..1<=:'"-1.• casey.coleman@gsa.gov; caren.auchman@gsa.gov; Kundra, Vivek Fw: from WSJ reporter JeanWSJ reporter called us on our C&A for Cloud Services that was signed for Google yesterday. can to him on this but he had it confused with FedRamp and the current structure of C&A. I explained that we wide Info related. He wanted a lot of is the WSJ reporter in Silicon Let us now tnfo as welL 4 www.twitter.com/Amir_Efrati Thanks, Sahar SaharWali Associate Administrator Office of Communications & Marketing U.S. General Services Administration 5 Sent: To: Weinberg, Jean B. Saturday, July 2010 7:04 PM Kundra, Vivek Fw: from WSJ r"'""r'l""'" From: From: To: Weinberg, Jean B. Cc: ; casey.coleman@gsa.gov ; caren.auchman@gsa.gov ; Kundra, Vivek Sent: Sat Jul 24 18:37:44 2010 Re: from WSJ r""n""'",. Kim, Hun S. From: Sent: To: Subject: Smith, Joshua D. Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:36 PM Kim, Hun S. FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies FYI ..........................................................................................................................................................................,,_........... .. From: Smith, Joshua D. Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:51 PM To: 'Dan Israel' Cc: Wang, Timothy; Swann, Harry K. Subject: RE: FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies Thanks Dan, I was able to reach Laurie. From: Dan Israel [mailto:disrael@google.com] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:17 PM To: Smith, Joshua D. Cc: Wang, Timothy; Swann, Harry K. Subject: Re: FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies Try these 2: Laurie Tranmer Sharon Thompson On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3: 11 PM, Smith, Joshua D. wrote: Dan, Do you have contact info for the PG County, Maryland implementation as well'? Thanks, Joshua D. Smith OMB - Office of E-Gov and IT Ofjice: (202) 395-3092 1 From: Wang, Timothy Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:17 PM To: Smith, Joshua D. Subject: FW: FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies fyi From: Dan Israel [mailto:disrael@google.com] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:16 PM To: Swann, Harry K.; Dave Standish Cc: Wang, Timothy Subject: Re: FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies Kirk, Here are the contacts I have immediately accessible. Please let me know if there are any others you need me to chase down. Dan New Mexico Attorney General James Ferreira CIO jferreira@nmag.gov 505-231-2487 State Library of Kansas Patti Butcher patti b@ksli b .info (785) 296-3875 Canton, GA Camille W ehs Director oflT City of Canton 770-704-1529-0ffice camille@canton-georgia.com 2 US Institute of Peace J. Douglas Leins Chief Information Officer 202-429-3848 (work) dleins@usip.org Seattle, WA Michael K. Hamilton Chief Information Security Officer City of Seattle 206.684.7971 (D) Michael.Hamilton@seattle.gov On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Swann, Harry K. wrote: Dan-- Can you send along the government points of contacts we were discussing yesterday? We're likely getting report cleared tomonow and want to make sure we have the right people lined up to reach out to. Thanks Kirk From: Dan Israel [mailto:disrael@google.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:42 PM To: Swann, Harry K.; Dave Standish Subject: Re: FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies Kirk, Happy to help. One great example I forgot-- Oregon is moving all its K-12 schools to Google Apps and saving an anticipated $1.5M per year. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/oregon-makes-google-apps-for-education-available-statewide/3870 ! I i Dan On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Swann, Harry K. wrote: Dan-- 3 Thanks for the quick response, we'll look through these and let you know if we have any questions. Best Kirk From: Dan Israel [mailto:disrael@google.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:01 PM To: Swann, Harry K. Cc: Dave Standish Subject: Re: FW: Cloud Computing Case Studies Kirk, You told me you already have info on Orlando, LA, PG County & Colorado. Let me know if you anything more on those ones. Here are a number of other examples of governments using cloud applications -- at the Federal, levels. Google Apps +Office of the New Mexico Attorney General + State Library of Kansas + City of Canton, Georgia +New Zealand Post Postini (cloud based email security & archiving) +US Institute of Peace +City of Seattle, Washington +City of Monroe, Washington Google Maps API +USDA + Washington, DC - Capstat Google Site Search +Business.gov + also used by state websites for Florida, Hawaii, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia Please let me know what other information you need. Regards, Dan On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Swann, Harry K. wrote: Dave - Thanks for the quick help, Dan - Looking forward to talking, calling shortly. 4 1 1 & local I Best Kirk (202)256-5475 (m) From: Swann, Harry K. Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:38 AM To: 'dmihaJchik@google.com' Cc: Swann, Kirk Subject: Cloud Computing Case Studies Hi David- Just left you a voicemail, we are helping Vivek put together a report on the current state of cloud efforts in federal, state and local governments and wanted to reach out to you to find examples of implementations. Any examples, case studies, etc. that you can provide would be greatly We need to get this information this week, the sooner the better, and would appreciate any information you \" provide. Best Kirk (202) 395-6472 (w) 5 Sweezy, Benjamin R. Subject: John Lyman Oohnlyman@google.com] Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:30 PM Sweezy, Benjamin R. Mary Himinkool; Ola Rosling; Jurgen Schwarzler Data.gov Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged From: Sent: To: Cc: I do work for the Public Data Explorer at Google. 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Thanks Kirk 1 Krency, Caroline From: Sent: To: Subject: Vint Cerf [vint@google.com] Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:08 PM Larry Strickling; Chopra, Aneesh; McLaughlin, Andrew J.; Kundra, Vivek; Philip LVerveer; Alec Ross; pat gallagher; laura breeden; Julius Genachowsk ' Thoughts on Broadband Deployment ! In contemplation of the Broadband commission report due in Mid-September to the UN. vint Thought on Global Broadband Deployment Vint Cerf Woodhurst, June 2010 It is without doubt that higher speed access to the Internet provides a platform fbr a wider range of applications so it is implicit that investment in such capacity can have benefit and can reward innovative and creative ideas for applications. As deployment progresse?, it is possible for inventors to benefit from broadband inventions even if they, do not have access to it. The implication is that inventors can benefit where ever broadb$nd is deployed, if their applications have access to and can be deployed on serving platforms (e.g. cloud computing systems) that ARE on broadband facilities. It is the exportable of software that gives the Internet its rich ability to allow applications to be and accessed from literally anywhere the Internet reachs. Of course, a broadband appli4ation (ie one that requires broadband for delivery) is only going to benefit those that can servers from broadband access facilities. ' is also important to recognize that no single technology will provide broadband !,services. It is likely that the core of the Internet will typically use optical fiber to very high speeds. The interconnection of fiber-based networks into the global Internet most likely to succeed where fiber interconnections can be achieved. i This suggests that investment in very high speed interconnect facilities (sometime$ called Internet exchange Points or IXPs) will enable more broadband applications to be In addition, it is anticipated that radio as well as wired (or "fibered") will have a role to play. Whether Wi-Fi or WiMax or synchronous or asynchronous radio access has economics that can be very competitive. One has only to observe the deployment of mobiles and the 2G, 3G, and now 4G and LTE technology to appreciate tlhis point. There are 4.5 B mobiles in use today (mid-2010), many of which have Internet accessi capability. When the available end-to-end data rates exceed 1 Mb/ s for mobiles, streaming video applications become quite feasible. It I 1 i The Other 3 Billion (03B) satellite program is a good example of an important optior for geographies that do not lend themselves easily to fiber or ground radio The spot beams in this system are expected to have capacities reaching 10 gigabits/secohd. Plans are in place for this service to be used among the Pacific Islands to vastly national access to the high speed Internet backbones. Because of the 40 degree north and south footprint of the 03B constellation of medium earth orbit satellites (8,000 km), poorly served regions such as the Pacific Islands and sub-Saharan Africa can be served with delayf that are expected to be only about 30 ms up and down. This is substantially better than the ' synchronous delay of 240 ms up and down. Broadband confers several distinct benefits. The first is that it can help to acco modate a large number of users converging on a major cloud computing utility. The second is that broadband access supports both large transfers of information, quickly and also ve y low latency applications (such as online, multi-party computer games, interactive videf conferencing and telepresence, teleoperation of robotic equipment). The benefits of broadband access and transport will likely be derived if there is relatively open access to these capacities. In the us, terms such as "net neutralily" and "permissionless innovation" I draw attention to the idea that the provide of broadband access or core transport bn the Internet should not be able to control the choice of applications to which users access. This point needs to be appreciated in the context of reasonable network management1practices that deliver "fair" access to resources among competing users of access to shared capacity. For many, it is considered vital that regulatory policies and practices fssure that the underlying infrastructure not be subject to anti-competitive practices by the provider of the broadband facility. such practices are thought to stifle innovatior and to deny freedom of choice to all users. It is clear that investment is needed to achieve widespread implementation of broa1band infrastructure. In some countries, the decision has been made to assure that the broadband service is accessible at wholesale rates to resellers of access and appltcations on the Internet. This notion, adopted in countries such as Japan, UK, Australia, New Zealand and I the Netherlands, has opened the door to competing online products and services that have equal opportunity to access broadband capacity. This is not to say that there isn't differential charging for alternative maximum data rates or that every packet emitted or received by every end point has to be treated identically. It is understood that r1sponse to various denial of service attacks, congestion, and malware is reasonably within ambit of the ISPs although care needs to be taken that these responses do not violate privaly concerns nor are abused to confer unfair, anti-competitive opportunity to the parties wholesale access to the broadband access service. 1 Liberal interconnect policies can benefit everyone because it provides access to and suppliers of online services, enabling e-commerce and global information sharing a1d exchange. This is all the more vital as the IPv4 address space becomes exhausted i1 2011. We will need to build a fully connected IPv6 network and to achieve that objective, wl need interconnect policies that favor IPv6 in addition to IPv4 connectivity. A fragment1d (ie. Not fully connected) IPv6 network is not beneficial. It can be predicted that something extremely interesting is happening to the Interrlet in this second decade of the 21st Century. Traditionally distinct systems are merging, at least by way of application layer g teways if not directly, to allow interactions that were heretofore not contemplated. Mobiles lhave access to Internet applications; cable systems allow Internet-based systems to with set top boxes. As the Internet of Things emerges, in part driven by programs such the "Smart Grid" effort in the United States or the "Smart Community" effort in Japan, will be increasing interaction among devices and network that had not been able to interrork in the past. Mobiles will control set top boxes by way of Internet-based application Laptops will interact with appliances directly or through Internet cloud Sensors and networked appliances with interact with each other and with applications running on Internet-accessible systems. Traditionally distinct media (telephony, video, rad,io) will find themselves interacting in the broadband Internet, forming platforms for entation unlike anything ever possible in the past. J That these factors and trends spell opportunity for appliance makers, power and res urce generators or distributors and application makers goes without saying. In a relativ ly barrierless network, almost anyone is free to invent and deliver new applications, 1 in the world. The economic consequences can be beneficial beyond any one country's borders. 2 It is important to recognize that the networked economy is not a zero-sum game, nir do people have to leave their countries of origin in order to compete in the marketplace, ii' they have the ability to deliver services anywhere the Internet can reach. Finally, security, authenticity, integrity are all extremely important to address. Otherwise, large scale investment in Internet infrastructure is unlikely to fulfill the promi se it potentially can confer. 1 By implication, international frameworks for enforcing the meaning and utility ofJdigital signatures, law enforcement, agreement on the definition of abuses and remedies, utual support in the event of attacks, malware propagation and the like are all extreme y important. \ We need institutional development in addition to physical infrastructure if we are to realize the full measure of the Internet's promise for everyone. 3 Krency, Caroline From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Vint Cerf [vint@google.com] Friday, June 18, 2010 4:38 PM Larry Strickling Doug Maughan; Chopra, Aneesh; Mclaughlin, Andrew J.; Kundra, Vivek; Sch1idt, Howard A; Rod Beckstrom; Doug Brent; richard.lamb; Mehmet Akcin; Joe Abley; Steve Cr cker; Mark Mclaughlin; Philip L Verveer; Alec Ross; pat gallagher; Gita Furlani DNSSEC Key Generation Action, June 16, 2010 Dear Larry, I participated in the June 16, 2010 Key Signing Key generation process for the Root Zone of the I ternet Domain Name System. As one of the "crypto officers," I was present for the entire period of inau rating, configuring, and activating the secure key signing devices on the US East coast in an impressively secured facility in Culpeper, Virginia. First, I want to confam and express my admiration for the level of professional planning that went into the process. There were on the order of 230 steps required to complete the process and to prepare mat rials that will be conveyed to the West coast for a similar enabling event. In addition the Zone Signing Key req1st from VeriSign was processed which will allow them to sign the Root Zone File of the Domain Name S stem once the entire system is made operational. This takes place after the July 12 activation of the West coa (equipment. Second, I want to draw attention particularly to Richard Lamb, Mehmet Akcin and Joe Abley (among many others) who managed this process from beginning to end. Melunet was away from home for 5 in charge of preparing the physical facility for operational use, for example. There were many others deeply tnvolved and my failure to list them explicitly here should be laid to my ignorance and not to any diminished sigrificance of their roles. Third, I think I CANN Board Member Stephen Crocker (who has also served as Chair of the SecurifY and Stability Advisory Committee for many years) should be recognized for his persistence in advocatipg and working on the protocols and process by which the DNSSEC mechanism has reached penultimate tuition. Fourth, I think it is notable that the participants in the DNSSEC operation include a remarkable of international players of extraordinary talent, dedication, and commitment to the Internet's security stability. It felt as if a high-tech equivalent of the United Nations was actively engaged. It is also important note that most of these participants will have active roles on an ongoing basis while others will serve as the "1back up of last resort" should the equipment and facilities in the East and West DNSSEC operations rooms be,ome inoperable. 1 Fifth, I believe this represents a very important milestone in the long effort to increase the security bf the Internet. There is still so much to do, but it would be hard to overstate the symbolic and substantive importance of this milestone. Because the system will go operational after the planned July 12 West Coast activation, this gives a ple time to prepare summary reports of the actions taken and the planned operations for the future prior to the ITU Plenipot and the IGF meetings in Vilnius. It seems to me that transparency will be served to have such a in hand and that credit should be given to all the parties, including VeriSign, NIST, the USG among o hers, who have cooperated to achieve this milestone. To those who newly seek to assume responsibility in the e areas, these summaries would reinforce the readiness and ability of the existing organizations to carry out hese tasks without uncalled for interventions. 1 This is just a first step into increasing the resistance of the Internet infrastructure to various threats. More secure routing and the accelerated implementation of IPv6 are also high on my agenda, as are much less vulnerable operating systems and browsers. I hope you share this sense of accomplishment and take pride in the leadership shown by the main proponents ofDNSSEC and its implementation. Sincerely, Vint Cerf 2 Krency, Caroline From: Sent: To: Subject: david.mcc!ure@gsa.gov Friday, June 11, 2010 10:18 PM Kundra, Vivek Re: Tech Event Dave Sent from my Blackberry so apologies for typos! From: "Kundra, Vivek" [Vivek_Kundra@omb.eop.gov] Sent: 06/11/2010 06:22 PM AST To: David McClure Subject: Tech Event Dave, 51 We are zeroing in on the USA.gov and mobile apps launch for the week of June 21 • Can we get everyone together everyone to review where we are on all front on Monday or Tuesday? 1 Sale, Dominic K. From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: lalit.bajaj@gsa.gov Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:29 AM janeczek@vivisimo.com Sale, Dominic K.; Kelly, John W. Re: Vivisimo: Per our conversation today Good morning Susan, I have provided this information to the website developer - they will be reviewing 'and reaching out, as needed. Thanks, Lalit Bajaj Program Manager General Services Administration (202) 208-7887 "Susan Janeczek" To cc , Subject Vivisimo: Per our conversation today 06/07/2010 10:22 AM Hi Lalit! It was very nice speaking to you today! If the below usaspending.gov issues listed in recent articles are important to GSA, then please meet with me for 30 minutes so we can demonstrate how Vivisimo's quick-to-implement Information Optimization solution can improve these issues while leveraging all of an agency's infrastructure (including Google), leaving the data where it resides, and following all existing security protocols: 1. Per the Nextgov article, "USAspending.gov Makeover Leaves Room for Improvement'' published on May 24, 2010, "analysts believe the portal still needs improvements to increase its usability and accuracy." "I'm still worried about trying to access useful contracting information," said Scott Amey, general counsel at the nonprofit Project on ·Government Oversight. He said he would like to see a one-stop shop that links requests for proposals, nonprotected bidder information and actual copies of contracts." "One possibility would be to automate the system so if certain information was omitted or incorrect, the database wouldn't allow agencies and contractors to complete their submissions. Amey said better integration across multiple systems, such as the Excluded Parties List, and earmark and campaign spending databases, also could provide internal cross-checks to ensure more accurate data." 2. From the March, 2010 "OMB falls short on USAspending.gov data" article in Federal Computer Week: Data problems already linger among the information included on USASpending.gov. In a random sample of 100 awards, GAO found numerous inconsistencies between USAspending.gov data and records provided by agencies. 3. From April 22,2010 article "GSA must improve quality of USAspending.gov's contractor listings", In a letter sent today to the Administrator of the General Services Administration, POGO highlighted irregularities in federal contract spending data that call into question the integrity of the USAspending.gov database. These irregularities include subsidiaries being listed independently of their . 1 ' parent companies, companies being assigned multiple rankings, and even a bizarre listing called "Government of the United States." 4. Per the blog on 5/24/10 "Checking Out the New Usaspending.gov" at http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/checking-out-the-newusaspending/. The search inexplicably chokes on quoted phrases -- that's a bug that ought to be squashed. More fundamentally, it's important to realize that, unlike Google's web search tool, the data here is highly structured. If I do not hear from you, I will call you later this week to see if it is possible to meet. 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[dawn.leaf@n!st.gov] Friday, May 14, 2010 2:25 PM Kimball, Kevin A; Stein, Ben; Brown, Evelyn A; Kundra, Vlvek; D.; Krency, Caroline; Barker, William C.: Badger, Mark Lee; James · Dodson, Donna · Hines, Romayne D.: Porter, Gail latest may 20 nist cloud forum & workshop agenda Attachments: Dawn 1 From: Sent: To: Vint Cerf [vint@google.comJ Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:49 PM Chopra, Aneesh; Kundra, Vivek 1Pv6 in the US Gov't Do you it would be useful to convene a White House meeting at which ISPs outline their plans for implementation of IPv6? I suppose an alternative would be to ask the Internet Caucus whether would be a alternative. I am concerned that time ls running out on IPv4 dock and that there is scant evidence with a few exceptions of definite schedule of IPV6 availability. Verizon has announce it plans to trlal IPv6 on FIOS and Comcast is in the middle of rolling out 1 Sale, Dominic K. Sridhar Kesiraju [skesiraju@reisys.com] From: Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:37 PM Cc: Sweezy, Benjamin R. Subject: Total Budgetby Agency To: Sale, Dominic K.; Walker, Adrienne L Dominic, Thanks Sridhar Kesiraju REI Systems Inc. 200 Fairbrook Drive, Herndon, VA 20170 Phone: 703-480-9223 1 Sweezy, Benjamin R. From: Sent: To: Cc:. Subject: Ola Rosling [olar@google.com] Friday, March 19, 2010 4:37 PM Sweezy, Benjamin R. Sweezy, Benjamin; Mary Himinkool Re: Thanks for visiting OMS! Ben Thanks for the quick response and the pointer to http://www.niem.gov/. I knew about it, but I will learn more now when you remind me. The data must be pre-loaded to Google. To be able to serve the data at lowest possible latency when the QPS goes up, we need to cache the data on our servers. But we have a pipeline in place where we fetch data as soon as it updates. We do prefer if the user has deep links back to the same data on their websites allowing end users to click through and get the numbers from the original provider. I CC Mary Himinkool who can send you an NDA to become a trusted tester. -Ola On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Sweezy, Benjamin R. wrote: I'm afraid I didn't quite finish my first thought: I wanted to make sure that you were familiar with the efforts being made toward the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). You can read about it at http://www.niem.gov/. Tthink it is impo11ant to note that, while this effort began with security and emergency preparedness organizations and systems, it has become a foundation upon which fu11her data standardization for other systems is being built. The analysts working with NIEM are also involved in reforming the Recovery.gov and USAspending.gov data models. Ben From: Sweezy, Benjamin R. Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 4:05 PM To: 'Ola Rosling'; Sweezy, Benjamin Subject: RE: Thanks for visiting OMB! Ola, It is good to hear from you! 1 have for some time been meaning to email you. When we last spoke, you were adamant about the need for the Federal Government to establish a consistent (and I might be using the wrong words here) data 1 model-or at least common standards for each data model that pops up. l wanted to make sure that you were familiar with the efforts being made toward the National foforamtion Excha. I do not know whether this is similar to the effort that you were urging, but I thought you might be interested in it if you had not already heard of it. Now that I think about it, you almost certainly are aware of this already. As for Google Public Data Explorer, yes, I heard about its launch. Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to dig into it. Because of that, I appreciate your reminding me to explore it! I am interested in helping to test it, with a particular eye for its applicability to the data on the IT Dashboard and USAspending.gov. I will also be sure the folks working on Data.gov are aware of it. Question: does the Public Data Explorer allow the viewing of data hosted on Government servers, or does it require the data to be pre-loaded to Google? Even though our data is public, there are always concerns about whether visitors to Government websites can trust that the communication is direct from Government servers. Thank you, and it is good to hear from you. Ben Sweezy Benjamin R. Sweezy 0 MB - Office of E-Gov and IT benjamin sweezy@omb.eop.gov Office: (202) 395-6432 From: Ola Rosling [mailto:olar@google.com] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:47 PM To: Sweezy, Benjamin; Sweezy, Benjamin R. Cc: Stanton, Katie J. Subject: Re: Thanks for visiting OMB! 2 Ben I hope you saw our launch of the Google Public Data Explorer last week. It allows visual exploration of hierarchical multi dimensional data and has a much lower latency than the Motion Chart. The IT Dashboard data should be easy to put in there as well as lot's of other federal datasets on data.gov. We are planning to let data providers embed the tool on their page. Let me know if you are interested in becoming a trusted tester. Please also inform your colleges (including Vivek) about this new potential platform for lot's of . public data! BTW, in the blog post we published this informal study, listing the most popular public data categories that US users search for. Thanks, Best Regards, OlaRosling Product Manager, Google This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks. On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11: 11 AM, Ola Rosling wrote: Benjamin It was great meeting you! Here is some quick feedback on how to stay up to date with the Visualization API: The best way for now is to sign up to hHp://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api users group that is the discussion group of gviz. We announce there about release candidates as well as pushes of new releases to production. At these occasions we also post in the docs blog, but there are many unrelated issues there. I would just follow the group, and we have a standard title to the release posts that you can filter by. Best Regards, OlaRosling 3 Product Manager, Google This email may be confidential or privileged, If you received this communication by mistake, please don1t forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the· wrong person. Thanks. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Sweezy, Benjamin wrote: . Ola Rosling, I wanted to thank you again for the time you took to visit Vivek Kundra's office and spend some time with those of us from the Office of Management and Budget. I really enjoyed speaking with you and the others from Google and the Gapminder Foundation. One thing I mentioned while we were talking about your thoughts regarding a shared government data model was that you might find it helpful to talk to a Google contact who has been heavily involved in government work David Mihalchik (dmihalchik@google.com) did some work with us related to the IT Dashboard and helped us interact with other Google folks. He might be helpful to bounce your ideas off of as well. I'm very pleased we've been able to use the Motion Chart software to great effect, and I look forward to any future features you develop for it. I don't know if you follow any particular visualizations-related blogs, but a favorite of mine, Infommtion Aesthetics,. ran a piece on the Motion Charts in the IT Dashboard. I would really appreciate it if you could add me to any sort of mailing lists the Google Visualizations teani uses to announce new updates or additions. Thanks again, Ben Sweezy Benjamin Sweezy@omb.eop.gov OMB- Office ofE-Government and Information Technology 202-395-6432 4