This week Google miss the June 30 target for its much awaited agreement to shift the City of Los Angeles' e-mail system over to Gmail since its present Novell (NOVL) GroupWise e-mail platform. The main point of debate for Google is the Los Angeles police force, which has strict strategy around data encryption and data segregation.

In a meeting with city council members, LAPD CIO Maggie Goodrich stated that the department's security necessities contain not been met. Google's missed deadline arrive on the heels of a disclose inter-departmental letter in mid April stating that performance problems with the Google execution were annoying users of L.A.'s pilot testing program.

This week's news that Google declared it is introducing Google Apps for Government, versions of Google Apps with precise procedures that deal with the policy and security needs of the public sector. Google spokesperson Andrew Kovacs safeguarded Google's work with the City of L.A., saying that the city's shift to the cloud is the first of its class and that more than 10,000 city staff is already using Google Apps for Government. Google projects that the move to Google Apps will save Los Angeles taxpayers $5.5 million in cost investments.