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Faced with increased criticism, Pentagon slashes cloud computing contract awarded to an Amazon partner — The Washington Post

Faced with criticism over how it awarded a contract, the Pentagon on Monday slashed a deal awarded to Rean Cloud, The Washington Post’s Christian Davenport and Aaron Gregg write.

Here is the link – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/05/faced-with-increased-criticism-pentagon-slashes-cloud-computing-contract-awarded-to-an-amazon-partner/

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