Two Democratic senators asked U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday if &qu...
WASHINGTON - Two Democratic senators asked U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday if “outside” influence caused him to delay awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract, after President Donald Trump suggested Amazon.com Inc should not win it.
The contract, called the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud, or JEDI, is part of a broad modernization of the Pentagon’s information technology systems. Trump in July said his administration was examining Amazon’s bid following complaints from other tech companies. Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, also owns the Washington Post, which Trump has repeatedly accused of unfair coverage.
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