The Pentagon inspector general is investigating potential “misconduct” related to the contentious $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract.

After narrowing the field to two cloud providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, the Department of Defense is now under review for its handling of the contract, which will essentially lock all of the branches of the military into a 10-year program with a single cloud provider.

The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoD OIG) told SDxCentral that it’s investigating potential “misconduct” and conflicts of interest related to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud program.

The Inspector General assembled a multi-disciplinary team of auditors, investigators, and attorneys to review the JEDI process, a spokesperson said in an email. “We are reviewing the DoD’s handing of the JEDI cloud acquisition, including the development of requirements and the request for proposal process,” the spokesperson said. “In addition, we are investigating whether current or former DoD officials committed misconduct relating to the JEDI acquisition, such as whether any had any conflicts of interest related to their involvement in the acquisition process.”

The review is ongoing, and the team will “complete our review as expeditiously as possible. The DoD OIG intends to write a report regarding our findings. We will notify Defense Secretary [Mark] Esper and DoD leaders of our findings, as well as inform Congress, according to standard protocols.”

It may also publicly release the findings.

The Pentagon's IG investigation comes as Esper, who was confirmed to the position in late July, announced his own review of JEDI earlier this month. That followed the U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision, which ruled in favor of the Pentagon in a lawsuit filed by Oracle. Oracle claimed it had been unfairly cut from consideration for the $10 billion contract and said the procurement process was riddled with conflicts of interest.