According to a survey that Google put out, Voters Want Government To Embrace Cloud Computing. “We were curious to find out what people across the country think about their local government’s adoption of new technologies…,” wrote Dan Israel, public sector marketing manager for Google Enterprise, in a recent blog post. That curiosity prompted Google to turn to Washington DC-based Clarus Research Group to poll 1,000 U.S. voters on their opinion on government technology issues.
The Google survey revealed that 92 percent of U.S. voters feel “public agencies should make better use of new technologies to cut government spending and improve efficiency.” This push, Israel later wrote, comes as some state and local government agencies embrace cloud computing with Google Apps deployments, like the cities of Orlando and Los Angeles and state agencies in Kansas and New Mexico.
“That’s certainly how we feel here at Google , and we’re glad that a clear majority of polled voters also appreciate the need to invest in 21st century technology in the public sector,” Israel wrote. The poll also found that 78 percent of voters are more likely to vote for a candidate for local or state office with specific ideas to cut government overhead and improve government employee productivity. Additionally, 70 percent of voters believe it is a good idea to use “the compute power and expertise of private companies to improve information technology departments in government agencies, and 75 percent believe government employees would be more productive with “quicker and more efficient email systems.”
