The US cloud strategy named Cloud First has enjoyed success in many US departments despite initial misgivings.

A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has revealed that departments including Homeland Security, State and Treasury and Agriculture, Health and Human Services have all met Cloud First requirements.

The Cloud First policy required that departments moved three of their technology services onto a Cloud platform by June 2012 despite widespread misgivings surrounding the project. The success of the policy allows for the creation of best practices surrounding common challenges identified during migration.