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*** The Defense Department has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a pause so it can "reconsider" parts of its decision to award Microsoft the $10 billion JEDI cloud infrastructure contract. Amazon Web Services, which is challenging the award, opposes the pause according to court papers. Nick Wakeman has more at Washington Technology.

*** In a March 13 alert, the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency urged organizations to patch devices, virtual private networks and other computing infrastructure in preparation to support more teleworking due to the coronavirus pandemic.