Google lobbies in Washington for cloud computing

According to public lobbying disclosures, the search engine giant spent more than $1.8 million since the beginning of the year in lobbying politicians, policymakers and the White House on issues such as cloud computing, the Wall Street Journal report finds. This lobbying effort has been ramped up over last year when the company spent $730,000 during the second quarter of 2008. The issues Google has been pushing seem to run the gamut of subjects the company would be interested in from regulations on online advertising, to the adoption of cloud computing services - which the paper reports Google spoke to the Department of Defense about.

There is a growing number of issues being debated in Washington affecting the internet and our users and we feel it is important to be involved in those debates,” Google spokesman Adam Kovacevich told the paper. It appears that there may be a growing interest in cloud computing from governmental organizations as news reports have indicated that the National Security Agency and the City of Los Angeles are both considering using cloud computing.

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