By Dave Sebastian

 

--The Pentagon Inspector General said it is investigating potential misconduct in the contract awarding process for the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, also known as JEDI, The Hill reported.

--The contract was to be awarded this summer, but it will likely be delayed, Department of Defense officials said last week.

--The JEDI contract could last for 10 years and is set to be awarded to either Amazon or Microsoft, allowing the company to develop cloud-computing infrastructure for the Pentagon.

 

Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 13, 2019 15:08 ET (19:08 GMT)

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