Althought summer is usually a quiet time for public-sector agencies, U.S. federal and state government offices are buzzing with new cloud computing efforts.

Ever since U.S. federal CIO Vivek Kundra embraced cloud computing earlier this year, agencies are scrambling to adopt SaaS for new projects. Email hosting seems to be the latest push, including efforts by the General Services Administration, among others.

Whether you are in the U.S. government or not, you can keep abreast of latest news with the Federal Cloud Blog here.

Also, Smart Enterprise Exchange will be featuring articles about public-sector hiring strategies in August, and in September we will interview several government CIOs--so stay tuned for that coverage.

Meanwhile, compare your hiring strategies with your peers. /what works and what doesn't? Take the poll here.