Many dot gov platforms are now hosted on Amazon Web Services cloud systems. Maybe that has something to do with it.
[Sen. Richard] Shelby: ULA Selects Blue Origin BE-4 Rocket Engine, New Huntsville Facility
Sep 27 2018
https://www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/9/shelby-ula-selects-blue-origin-be-4-rocket-engine-new-huntsville-facility
Why is Jeff Bezos building rocket engines in Alabama? He’s playing to win
It wasn’t just good politics. Or good business. It was both.
ERIC BERGER - 6/28/2017, 11:29 AM
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/06/heres-why-jeff-bezos-is-building-rocket-engines-in-alabama/
What just happened between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Alabama?
Updated: Mar. 07, 2019, 3:26 a.m. | Published: Jun. 27, 2017, 11:21 a.m.
https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2017/06/what_just_happened_between_jef.html
SpaceX Versus Senator Shelby’s Rocket to Nowhere
[do a quick Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C before the paywall comes down]
Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, wants private contractors such as Elon Musk and the engineers at SpaceX to do more paperwork.
By Adam Minter
June 23, 2014, 9:01 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2014-06-23/spacex-versus-senator-shelby-s-rocket-to-nowehere
SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Sen. Richard Shelby spar over Obama space policy
Updated: Jan. 14, 2019, 7:29 p.m. | Published: Apr. 25, 2010, 9:25 a.m.
https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/04/spacexs_elon_musk_sen_richard.html