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//]]>// >By John K. Higgins
Oct 22, 2020 5:00 AM PT
The U.S. government s policy to restrict federal agency exposure to products and services associated with Huawei Technologies and other China-based companies has gained the support of the U.S. information technology industry.
However, a wide swath of U.S. companies, including those in the IT sector, registered significant concerns about federal regulations designed to control the employment of China-sourced products by federal agencies and government contractors.
Government restrictions that prohibited the federal purchase of certain products from China were put into effect in 2019. Then, in August 2020 a whole set of new regulations went into effect to control or restrict the use of certain China-sourced technologies by federal contractors. The restrictions were adopted on an interim basis, and contractors were allowed to submit comments through mid-September. All comments will be considered in promulgating final regul
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//]]>// >By John K. Higgins
Oct 22, 2020 5:00 AM PT
The U.S. government s policy to restrict federal agency exposure to products and services associated with Huawei Technologies and other China-based companies has gained the support of the U.S. information technology industry.
However, a wide swath of U.S. companies, including those in the IT sector, registered significant concerns about federal regulations designed to control the employment of China-sourced products by federal agencies and government contractors.
Government restrictions that prohibited the federal purchase of certain products from China were put into effect in 2019. Then, in August 2020 a whole set of new regulations went into effect to control or restrict the use of certain China-sourced technologies by federal contractors. The restrictions were adopted on an interim basis, and contractors were allowed to submit comments through mid-September. All comments will be considered in promulgating final regul