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Judge Patricia E. Campbell-Smith's ruling came down to narrow issues of how DoD evaluated Amazon and Microsoft's proposals. Amazon's claims of improper interference by President Trump were not a factor.
March 06, 2020 -
Mark McIntyre, chief security adviser, at Microsoft's Cybersecurity Solutions Group, joins John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss DoD's CMMC initiative and shares some of his insights on cybersecurity and large federal systems.
February 13, 2020 -
In declarations to the Court of Federal Claims, several Defense officials say DoD's JEDI program can't afford more setbacks.
February 12, 2020 -
North Dakota's Gov. Doug Burgum picked a state CIO with similar unconventional traits. Shawn Riley overcame a difficult upbringing, started his own company at 16, and now with Burgum's support leads the state's IT renaissance.
February 06, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Homeland Security Committee passed the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act. The bill would move screeners at the Transportation Security Administration under the General Schedule, a move that would likely mean a pay raise.
January 30, 2020 -
Amazon signaled its intent to stop Microsoft and DoD from getting to work on JEDI, but its arguments for why the work should be blocked were filed under seal.
January 23, 2020 -
Federal cyber experts say the Homeland Security Department’s draft TIC 3.0 implementation guidance is well thought out and gives agencies the necessary leeway to find a secure way to the cloud.
January 14, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office says agencies will not have to cut their spending because of sequestration in fiscal 2020, bad news for budget hawks concerned about the national debt.
January 14, 2020 -
Amazon has previously hinted that it might seek to stop work on JEDI before DoD issues the first task order to Microsoft in February, but has not done so until now.
January 13, 2020 -
Anything affecting people and their careers -- the stories never stop coming.
December 26, 2019 -
This past year saw some interesting topics pop up in the military; 2020 may see the same.
December 23, 2019 -
Congress has ordered DoD to give losing bidders detailed information about why they weren't chosen. DoD's alleged failure to do that in the JEDI case may have contributed to the protest Amazon lodged in federal court.
December 18, 2019 -
Amazon protest stalls at the narrow bandwidth of the court filing system
December 13, 2019 -
DoD will use U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Transportation Command to test its new cloud.
December 12, 2019 -
Justice Department lawyers accuse Amazon of improperly redacting a "large quantity" of information from the publicly-released version of its JEDI lawsuit
December 11, 2019