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Cyber

GAO Denies Oracle’s Protest Of Pentagon’s $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 14th, 2018

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GAO Denies Oracle’s Protest Of Pentagon’s $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract

Oracle’s [ORCL] protest of the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract has been denied, with the Government Accountability Office ruling the department’s decision to go with a single-award approach complies with procurement standards. Ralph White, GAO’s managing associate general counsel for procurement law, announced the decision Thursday allowing DoD to move forward with JEDI which has faced pushback from Congress and industry over its strict requirements and potential for skewed competition toward only the largest cloud vendors.“GAO’s decision…

Congress

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Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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