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Pentagon Misses May Deadline For Final JEDI Cloud RFP

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 1st, 2018

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Pentagon Misses May Deadline For Final JEDI Cloud RFP

The Pentagon has missed its original May deadline to release the request for bids for its controversial multi-billion dollar, single award cloud computing contract.Department of Defense spokesperson Dana White said at a Thursday press conference officials are still working on the final Request for Proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract and that there is no timeline for its release.“We are working on it, but it's important that we don't rush toward failure. This is different for us. We…

Unmanned Systems

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Pentagon

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Congress

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Congress

Dem Lawmakers Want To Codify Trump’s Push For More Defense Contractor Accountability

A group of four Congressional Democrats want to codify President Donald Trump’s push to hold defense firms accountable for prioritizing production investments over paying out stock buybacks, and are seeking […]