ZTE

Task force on supply chain will make recommendations for 2022 NDAA

The three-month team will look at computer chips, medical supplies and everything in between.

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

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

Tom Temin Commentary

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

Acquisition Policy

Time nears for federal contractors to dump Chinese companies

In today’s Federal Newscast, contractors need to meet a provision in the 2019 Defense authorization bill to not use equipment from Huawei and ZTE.

Federal Newscast

FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo a sign advertises 5G at the Qualcomm booth at CES International in Las Vegas. 5G is a new technical standard for wireless networks that promises faster speeds; less lag, or “latency,” when connecting to the network; and the ability to connect many devices to the internet without bogging it down. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

If wireless matters, 5G can’t come soon enough

4G shows just how fragile it is when a normal urban crowd gathers to celebrate.

Tom Temin Commentary

In this May 16, 2019, photo, Chinese men pass by a Huawei retail shop in Beijing. Stepping up the pressure on Beijing, the U.S. Commerce Department has effectively barred U.S. companies from selling or transferring technology to Huawei Technologies, the world's biggest maker of network gear, No. 2 smartphone manufacturer and a champion of Chinese industry. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Federal Huawei, ZTE ban may extend to private networks too

Cybersecurity

Later this month, the FCC is set to vote on new rules that are likely to all-but-prohibit ZTE and Huawei equipment on U.S. commercial telecom networks.

ZTE

Task force on supply chain will make recommendations for 2022 NDAA

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

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

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

ODNI allowing agencies to delay implementing new Chinese equipment ban

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

Deadline to cut federal ties with Chinese telecom companies fast approaching

Ban on Chinese made telecom equipment starts soon

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

This federal rulemaking missed the mark

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

Time nears for federal contractors to dump Chinese companies

If wireless matters, 5G can’t come soon enough

Federal Huawei, ZTE ban may extend to private networks too

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