G cloud generation 1 hits parts of US

Basically Google apps for government they have won approval under  Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification. US based servers security etc. . Coming to the UK very soon I suspect very worth watching closely . Interestingly the cloud nature could support outsourced /franchised opperations more easily and maybe popular route with current UK administration  .

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/introducing-google-apps-for-government.html