U.S. attorneys are once again looking to cut down the company's claims of prejudice by hammering home that it did not meet basic security requirements to qualify for the acquisition.

Once again, JEDI dominated the federal IT headlines with protests, politics and, finally, an award.

Oracle is pushing ahead with its argument that the single-award format of the contract led to gate criteria that were "prejudicial."

The company filed a motion to appeal a U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision last month denying Oracle's lawsuit against the Department of Defense's development and handling of JEDI.

That said, an award won't happen in August, the CIO clarified.

Mark Esper's "examination" comes after a host of Republican lawmakers asked him and other administration officials to delay the award of the contract.