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U.S. judge says Amazon likely to succeed on key argument in contract challenge

Amazon | March 07, 2020

A U.S. judge said Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is likely to succeed on a key argument of its challenge to the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to award cloud computing deal worth up to $10 billion to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) The opinion by U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith was unsealed on Friday. On Feb. 13, she issued an order blocking work on the contract pending resolution of Amazon’s court challenge. Amazon contends the contract was awarded to Microsoft because of improper influence by President Donald Trump. The opinion did not mention Trump or address Amazon’s claims of improper influence, but instead focused on how the Pentagon assessed Microsoft’s data storage in one price scenario.

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On March 1st, 2013, the president ordered across-the-board spending reductions for all federal agencies and departments, known as sequestration. As a result, the Department of Defense (DOD) needed to reduce certain spending by about $37.2 billion over the remainder of FY 2013. To absorb these cuts, the Department reduced spending across its discretionary accounts subject to sequestration, with its largest account, operation and maintenance, absorbing the largest reductions.

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Infographic on DOD Sequestration

On March 1st, 2013, the president ordered across-the-board spending reductions for all federal agencies and departments, known as sequestration. As a result, the Department of Defense (DOD) needed to reduce certain spending by about $37.2 billion over the remainder of FY 2013. To absorb these cuts, the Department reduced spending across its discretionary accounts subject to sequestration, with its largest account, operation and maintenance, absorbing the largest reductions.

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