The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s new data security rule went into effect April 8, 2025. The rule creates what are effectively export controls and requires companies to take measures to prevent U.S. sensitive personal...more
On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its final rule addressing Executive Order (E.O.) 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data...more
1/30/2025
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Technology Sector
In February 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains” (discussed here), requiring (among other things) a report within 100-days requiring key government agencies to...more
6/30/2021
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Child Labor ,
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Electric Vehicles ,
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Forced Labor ,
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Human Rights ,
Joe Biden ,
Manufacturers ,
NDAA ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Russia ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain
On July 14, 2020 the Department of Defense (“DoD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) published an Interim Rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more
7/15/2020
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Federal Contractors ,
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Interim Rule ,
NASA ,
NDAA ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications
At the end of 2019, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) took another step to limit the potential cyber risks posed by telecommunications equipment manufactured by Chinese companies (and potentially Russian ones too). We...more
1/31/2020
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Comment Period ,
Cybersecurity ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Huawei ,
Interim Rule ,
NDAA ,
System For Award Management (SAM) ,
Telecommunications ,
ZTE
As you probably know, we have been following very closely developments relating to Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which prohibits executive agencies from purchasing restricted products and...more
On September 9, 2019, the U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”) announced it would be issuing a mass modification (expected sometime this month) requiring all new and existing GSA Multiple Award Schedule (“MAS”)...more
In accordance with Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. No. 115-232) (the “2019 NDAA”), which required imposition of broad restrictions on procurements involving certain Chinese...more
8/14/2019
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Federal Contractors ,
Huawei ,
Interim Rule ,
NDAA ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Telecommunications ,
US Trade Policies
On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) targeting activities of certain foreign telecommunications companies based in hostile countries. Entitled “Securing the Information and Communications...more
5/21/2019
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International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Licensing Rules ,
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Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) imposes new restrictions on procurements for telecommunications equipment or services based on ties to certain Chinese entities, thereby growing the list of forbidden...more