House threatens DOD funding for JEDI commercial cloud in 2019 NDAA draft

FedScoop: House lawmakers are threatening to cut funding for the Defense Department’s landmark move to commercial cloud until it delivers a report to Congress explaining, among other things, its decision to pursue a single-award strategy for the acquisition.

The House Armed Services Committee wants to block half of any fiscal 2019 funding for the 10-year, multibillion-dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure commercial cloud acquisition until the committee receives a report from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis explaining the reasoning behind the acquisition.

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