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
/ China ,
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
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
We recently wrote about the FAR Council’s release of an interim rule implementing restrictions on procurements involving certain Chinese telecommunications hardware manufacturers and service providers, such as Huawei and ZTE....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
/ China ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
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
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Entity List ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Foreign Policy ,
Huawei ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Licensing Rules ,
National Security ,
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
Last Thursday, in a vote split along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved a new regulatory regime staking its claim to privacy regulation of both fixed and mobile Internet service providers...more
11/3/2016
/ AT&T Mobility ,
Broadband ,
Comcast ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Privacy ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
New Regulations ,
Notification Requirements ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Telecommunications ,
Verizon ,
Web Tracking