Summary: For more than a decade, agencies have heard from both industry and federal experts that one of the best things about commercial cloud services is that you can "pay by the drink." Like electricity, you only pay for what you consume. More than a decade after the Cloud First policy, that consumption based model is still difficult to achieve for most agencies. In his weekly Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller has exclusive details about why buying cloud services off the GSA schedule may finally meet the long-held goal of paying only for what you use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
