The U.S. government's increasing reliance on Microsoft is facing fresh scrutiny on Capitol Hill despite the Biden administration touting its private sector collaborations as key to its cyber and tech innovation policies.
A logo of Microsoft is displayed during an event titled “Microsoft Build: AI Day” in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia …The U.S. government’s increasing reliance on Microsoft is facing fresh scrutiny on Capitol Hill despite the Biden administration touting its private sector collaborations as key to its cyber and tech innovation policies.
Mr. Green, Tennessee Republican, and Mr. Thompson are particularly focused on an incident involving Chinese hackers breaching the Big Tech company’s products. The bipartisan duo said last week they wrote to the Department of Defense that such an effort with Microsoft could waste taxpayer dollars and foster an anti-competitive environment that stymies innovation.
Lawmakers’ apprehension about the government’s work with The Biden administration is not as concerned about Microsoft.
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