China, Final Rules, Department of Defense (DOD)

Commerce Rings in New Year with Proposed Rulemaking on Drones

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/8/2025

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) has broad authority—born out of executive action during the first Trump administration—to identify and mitigate...more

DOD Releases Final Rule Prohibiting the Acquisition of Certain Magnets from Nonaligned Foreign Nations

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 6/3/2024

China dominates the rare earth industry, accounting for approximately 60 percent of rare earth metal mining and approximately 90 percent of rare earth metal processing in 2023. In order to combat this near-monopoly and to...more

Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - January 2024

Venable LLP on 1/15/2024

Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent policy and legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. The federal government took several noteworthy actions in the...more

Changes To DoD Regulations Banning Chinese Telecommunications Equipment And Services Offer Potential Opportunities For Contractors

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 1/26/2021

The Department of Defense (DoD) has finalized regulations prohibiting the use of telecommunications equipment or services from Chinese entities or from entities that are owned or controlled by either the People’s Republic of...more

US Expands Military License Review Factors for National Security Controlled Items to PRC, Venezuela, and Russia

ArentFox Schiff on 10/30/2020

The US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending the license review policy for items on the Commerce Control List that are controlled for national security (NS) reasons and are...more

Rule Banning Chinese Telecommunications Equipment is Released

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/14/2020

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a prepublication version of an interim final rule that will bar contractors from...more