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WASHINGTON \u2014 Two key lawmakers are calling for an investigation into whether the Pentagon tilted its high-stakes $10 billion cloud computing solicitation<\/a> to favor Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House appropriators Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Steve Womack, R-Ark., sent a letter Oct. 22 to the Department of Defense\u2019s inspector general to voice concern that the government\u2019s requirements for the Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative cloud program appeared tailored \u201cto one specific contractor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Seattle-based e-commerce and cloud computing giant isn\u2019t mentioned by name, the concerns are understood to be about Amazon Web Services, a strong contender to win the contact after Alphabet\u2019s Google withdrew from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the likelihood the Pentagon will award a such a large chunk of the defense cloud market to a single provider<\/a>, there have already been formal protests to the Government Accountability Office from IBM<\/a> and Oracle<\/a>. (Microsoft<\/a> has announced a cloud service expansion.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IBM\u2019s Sam Gordy said in a statement earlier this month that the Pentagon\u2019s single-source strategy<\/a> runs counter to industry\u2019s \u201cmulti-cloud direction because of security, flexibility and resilience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJEDI\u2019s primary flaw lies in mandating a single-cloud environment for up to 10 years,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cJEDI\u2019s single-cloud approach also would give bad actors just one target to focus on should they want to undermine the military\u2019s IT backbone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the lawmakers’ letter, they seemed to echo that line of thinking, arguing the JEDI solicitation\u2019s structure and select provisions \u201crun contrast to industry best-practices and federal acquisition guidelines.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf particular concern are the \u2018gating\u2019 or restricting provisions and the structure of the proposed contract, that seem to be tailored to one specific contractor,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also pointed to the inclusion of DoD officials who \u201chave significant connections to the specific contractor,\u201d which they say contradicts federal acquisition regulations and Pentagon ethics policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former senior aide to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Sally Donnelly, previously consulted for Amazon Web Services, though Donnelly\u2019s camp has denied<\/a> she exercised influence over the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter is the latest hiccup for Pentagon officials overseeing JEDI\u2019s development and execution, who continue to take heat from industry, former officials, Congress and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon appropriations package passed last month included a restriction on JEDI funding until 90 days after Pentagon officials submit a plan to account for cloud services and a strategy for incorporating multiple-award prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a discussion with reporters in August, the Hudson Institute\u2019s William Schneider called the congressional restrictions \u201ca speed bump\u201d in the process of moving ahead with JEDI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Womack chairs the House Budget Committee and Cole chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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