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Cloud Computing
DoD Releases Interim Rule on Cloud Service Acquisitions
By Olivia Lynch & Peter J. Eyre on
Posted in GSA Schedule/Commercial Items


On August 26, 2015, the DoD published an Interim Rule to implement DoD policy on the acquisition of cloud services. This Interim Rule provides a list of terms and conditions regarding cloud computing services to be used in DoD contracts for information technology services as well as introduces the requirement that offerors responding to DoD…