I’m sure you are aware of Microsoft Azure, but are you aware there is special version of Azure for U.S. governments?
Microsoft Azure Government is a cloud computing service for federal, state, local and tribal U.S. governments. It was generally available in December 2014 after a year in preview.
By default, Azure Government ensures that all data stays within the U.S. and within data centers and networks that are physically isolated from the rest of Microsoft’s cloud computing solution. It’s in compliance with FedRAMP, a mandatory government-wide program that prescribes a standardized way to carry out security assessments for cloud services. It also supports a wide range of other compliance standards, including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Department of Defense Enterprise Cloud Service Broker (ECSB), and the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), which is meant to keep safe fingerprint and background-check data that has to be shared with other agencies.
Microsoft also offers government versions of Office 365, which is hosted in a dedicated “cloud community” reserved only for government customers.