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Pentagon

Esper Removes Himself From JEDI Cloud Review

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

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Esper Removes Himself From JEDI Cloud Review

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has removed himself from his department’s review of the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure competition due to his son’s employment with one of the vendors originally interested in the program. Esper has delegated further decision-making on JEDI to Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist, according to top Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. “Although not legally required to, he has removed himself from participating in any decision making following the information meetings, due to his adult…

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