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DOD sent a memo to Congress saying the JEDI cloud with Microsoft could be pulled into question as Amazon legal battle drags on.
If it s canceled, DOD could issue a new award to multiple clouds, including Amazon, one analyst said.
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The Biden Administration’s ‘Made in America’ Executive Order: A Move to Strengthen U.S. Preferences in Federal Spending Friday, January 29, 2021
On Jan. 25, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (E.O.) entitled “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers.”
1 This E.O. seeks to bolster American industry by strengthening policies and practices related to financial federal assistance awards and federal procurements that require or provide a preference for the purchase or acquisition of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States. While this E.O. has limited immediate impact, agency implementation of the E.O. over the coming months may have a significant effect on some federal procurements and federal financial assistance awards.
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On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order titled “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers” (Order), which is intended to be the first step toward fulfilling his campaign promise to commit to American businesses by strengthening domestic preference rules in government procurement. The Order states the administration’s policy that the US government should “use terms and conditions of Federal financial assistance awards and Federal procurements to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States.” While this is not a novel policy objective indeed, the Trump administration articulated similar goals the Order introduces certain dramatic steps in furtherance of that objective that may ultimately have significant implications for contractors.
President-elect Joe Biden spoke to the media while flanked by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after receiving a briefing from the transition COVID-19 advisory board in November 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. His new administration is expected to prioritize IT spending and modernization. Joe Raedle/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
The incoming Biden-Harris administration has appointed an agency review team for the United States Digital Service, a startup at the White House created by Obama in 2014 the first time this has happened in the short history of USDS.
Government watchers say it s a sign USDS is important to the Biden admin, and with greater support, could move more quickly on much-needed IT modernization efforts across the federal government.