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New rule sets stage for banning risky technologies from government supply chains

This new rule gives the Federal Acquisition Security Council the ability to tell contractors when to exclude or remove a product deemed risky.

Acquisition Policy

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After the Huawei and ZTE bans, what’s next for China trade policy

Cybersecurity

Inside the FCC decision to ban sales of Chinese-made telecom gear

Technology

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Task force on supply chain will make recommendations for 2022 NDAA

Congress

A medical worker, left, tests a man for COVID-19 in a set up for rapid new coronavirus testing in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 disease and the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

Federal Newscast

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Dana Deasy Department of Defense, Chief Information Officer, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, May 07, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

Pentagon says it’s working now to make sure JEDI hits the ground running

DoD Reporter's Notebook

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus talks on his smartphone as he walks past a Huawei store in Beijing, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. China on Wednesday demanded Washington stop

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

Federal Newscast

A Huawei sign is displayed on their premises in Reading, England, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Britain's government on Tuesday backtracked on plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a limited role in the U.K.'s new high-speed mobile phone network in a decision with broad implications for relations between London and Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

ODNI allowing agencies to delay implementing new Chinese equipment ban

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei says its 2019 sales rose 19.1% over a year earlier despite U.S. sanctions that hampered its smartphone and network equipment businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

Acquisition Policy

Deadline to cut federal ties with Chinese telecom companies fast approaching

Technology

Ban on Chinese made telecom equipment starts soon

Technology

GSA puts out guide for navigating new rules banning Chinese telecoms equipment

In today’s Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration publishes a colorful guide to a complicated issue — the ban on Chinese telecommunications…

Federal Newscast

In this Aug. 27, 2019, photo, an employee works on the production line of a smart electricity meter manufacturing plant in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province. Two surveys of Chinese manufacturing show demand is weak amid a mounting tariff war with Washington over trade and technology. (Chinatopix via AP)

This federal rulemaking missed the mark

FAR Council took too long to get out new rules on acquisition of Chinese telecommunication products – one of the most critical rules in years.

Tom Temin Commentary

Second supply chain risk management rule drops putting agencies, vendors on notice

Acquisition Policy

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council will require all contracts released or awarded after Aug. 13 to include a clause prohibiting agencies to award a contract to a company if they use telecommunications products or services from Huawei, ZTE or other prohibit products from Chinese companies.