Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced legislation Thursday requiring the Defense Department to conduct "competitive award processes" for cloud computing and artificial intelligence-related contracts. The “Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2024” also requires that those competitive processes include requirements for modular open system frameworks and consider “multi-cloud technology where feasible and advantageous,” according to the bill text. Recognizing concerns regarding data security such contracts tend to face, the bill also directs the Chief...
