Cloud computing

Even it is prevails, in some sense DOD will lose on JEDI.

The highly-anticipated cloud computing contract will be worth more than $200 million in its first two years, Defense officials said. But the massive award still faces legal challenges.

The government has asked the Government Accountability Office to dismiss a pending bid protest against the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract so it can address unspecified issues, according to a source familiar with the protest.

If you compute, you are dealing with an international supply chain, period.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Virginia’s two senators want to know why Defense Secretary Mark Esper is conducting his own examination of DoD’s upcoming JEDI Cloud contract.

The General Services Administration has plans to launch a version of the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) cloud contract aimed at civilian agencies.

In 2020, DISA will assume responsibility for the vast majority of the IT operations in DoD’s “fourth estate,” leading to major transfers of funding and personnel.

The Court of Federal Claims lifted a stay the Defense Department requested after new evidence of conflicts of interest. Oracle’s bid protest lawsuit is expected to reach a conclusion by July 15.

The 2020 president’s budget request keeps federal IT spending in 2020 about level with 2019. And the Analytical Perspectives on the budget released Monday indicate all is not well.

The Defense Information Systems Agency has been pushing its mission partners toward “app rationalization,” urging them to figure out what they need to operate in the cloud.