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FTC antitrust lawsuit should be dismissed, Amazon tells federal judge
The FTC — joined by 17 states — filed the historic complaint against the Seattle-based company, alleging it inflates prices and stifles competition.
Amazon Web Services wants to depose President Trump
Amazon Web Services also wants to depose Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and DoD CIO Dana Deasy as part of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract court case.
By Andrew Eversden
UN experts: Jeff Bezos phone hack shows link to Saudi prince
The Washington Post (owned by Bezos) was harshly critical of the Saudi government after Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi's killing and demanded accountability in a highly public campaign that ran in the paper for weeks after his death.
Amazon will seek to halt work on DoD’s JEDI cloud
Microsoft and the Department of Defense are set to start task orders Feb. 11. Amazon wants to prevent that.
By Andrew Eversden
Full speed ahead: First phase of JEDI rollout expected in February
One day before Amazon chief Jeff Bezos gave a keynote address at the Reagan National Defense Forum, never uttering the word “JEDI,” the Pentagon’s chief information officer spoke with great confidence that Amazon’s protest of the department’s enterprise cloud contract award will go nowhere.
By Jill Aitoro
AWS blames Trump for its loss in the JEDI bid
A redacted version of AWS' initial complaint details how the company thinks President Donald Trump influenced the proceedings for the Pentagon's controversial enterprise cloud.
By Andrew Eversden
Here are the Trump statements Amazon cites in its JEDI protest
Amazon is pointing to at least four incidents as evidence of unfair treatment as it protests the award of the Pentagon's enterprise cloud.
By Andrew Eversden
Take that, Trump: Why Amazon can afford to be defiant
If President Donald Trump figuratively declared war on Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, and by extension Amazon, the approach taken for the JEDI contract award protest the head of Amazon Web Services declaring war on the president.
By Jill Aitoro
Amazon files paperwork for protest of Pentagon’s JEDI cloud award
In a video obtained by Federal Times, AWS CEO Andy Jassy said the company planned to protest the award.
By Andrew Eversden
How the Pentagon still struggles to explain its massive cloud contract
Here’s what senators asked Dana Deasy, the Pentagon’s top IT official, about the JEDI cloud.
By Andrew Eversden
Why not Microsoft? A look at the JEDI contract
Conspiracy theories abound around the decision by the Pentagon to award to Microsoft the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
By Jill Aitoro