Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., have unveiled bipartisan legislation that seeks to protect telecommunications networks from cyberattacks brought by foreign suppliers. The Ensuring Network Security Act would enable telecommunications providers to
MoreThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has started integrating into its supply chain rulemaking proceeding provisions of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act in an effort to safeguard the country’s communications infrastructure from
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The Department of Defense (DoD), NASA and the General Services Administration (GSA) have issued an interim rule to prohibit government agencies from contracting with entities that use telecommunications equipment and other products
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Richard Donoghue, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has been named principal associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice.
MoreThe Senate and House of Representatives have included provisions to address China-related supply chain security issues in their versions of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The Senate’s NDAA version would require
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The Trump administration has announced on Thursday that it will finalize regulations that ban the United States government from working with contractors who use technology from five Chinese companies: Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision,
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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) public safety and homeland security bureau has designated Huawei Technologies and ZTE as national security threats as part of efforts to safeguard U.S. communications networks from security
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The Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a new rule that seeks to encourage U.S. companies to increase their participation in the development of international standards for new technologies in the telecommunications sector.
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Since the Pentagon announced new restrictions on Huawei technology and software to make semiconductors, experts have noted that the blacklist could harm the U.S. revenue stream by limiting the marketplace.
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The Department of Commerce’s bureau of industry and security is amending its direct product rule to restrict access of China-based telecommunications equipment company Huawei to semiconductors that overseas foundries produced using U.S. technologies
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