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Cyber

Lawmakers Call For DoD IG Investigation Into $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

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Lawmakers Call For DoD IG Investigation Into $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract

Two Republican lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee are requesting the Pentagon inspector general investigate the department’s proposal process for the controversial $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract Reps. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) sent a letter Monday to the DoD IG expressing concerns that the Department of Defense remains committed to a single-award contract structure for JEDI going against industry best practices and in light of potential Pentagon official connections to a specific unnamed contractor.“Of…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

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