{"id":11869,"date":"2018-04-26T16:44:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T16:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/26\/mattis-on-the-jedi-defense-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:31:52","slug":"mattis-on-the-jedi-defense-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/04\/26\/mattis-on-the-jedi-defense-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis is the latest to defend JEDI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary James Mattis on April 26 was the latest Pentagon official to defend the military\u2019s forthcoming, sole-source, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2018\/04\/23\/the-case-for-dods-single-award-cloud-contract\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">multibillion cloud contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Echoing several Department of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2018\/04\/24\/jedi-cloud-contract-fair-and-open-competition-shanahan-says\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">officials insisting<\/a> that the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, contract will be \u201cfull and open competition,\u201d Mattis emphasized to lawmakers in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing the need for expedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rush right now is that we have too many data banks that the frontline commander cannot swiftly draw information from,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cSo what we\u2019ve been looking at now is how do we get faster access to young folks on the front lines, displaying the information they need, not all the information in the world. 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Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed Mattis and other Defense officials testifying at the hearing with questions about the acquisition approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it deserves some oversight,\u201d Heinrich said. \u201cWe included language in the [omnibus appropriations bill] that requires you to submit full justification for executing a single award, not sole-source but single-award contract instead of a multi-cloud approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DoD Comptroller David Norquist told Heinrich that the justification report would be submitted to Congress on May 7 ahead of the JEDI request for proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the week, Robert Daigle, director of cost analysis and program evaluation at the Pentagon, also defending the single-award approach for security reasons, among other concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn a multiple cloud environment, the department would have to spend its resources to manage the security seams between clouds. 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