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Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technology
USAgNet - 05/16/2019
President Trump signed an Executive Order: Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain, declaring that threats to the information and communications technology and services supply chain by foreign adversaries are a
national emergency. The Executive Order prohibits transactions that involve information and communications technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction
of a foreign adversary whenever the Secretary of Commerce determines that a transaction would pose a threat to national security, as articulated in the Executive Order.
The Secretary's determination would be based on consultations with the Attorney General, the Secretaries of Treasury, State, Defense, and Homeland Security, the United States Trade Representative, the Director of National Intelligence, the Administrator of
General Services, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and the heads of other appropriate agencies. In carrying out this mission, the Department of Commerce will issue regulations within 150 days to establish procedures for reviewing
such transactions.
"President Trump is acting once again to protect U.S. national security. This Executive Order addresses the threat posed by foreign adversaries to the nation's information and communications technology and services supply chain," said Secretary of Commerce
Wilbur Ross. "Under President Trump's leadership, Americans will be able to trust that our data and infrastructure are secure."
The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to submit reports to Congress on the national emergency declared in the Executive Order. The Director of National Intelligence is required to produce an assessment within 40
days of the Executive Order on the risks to the United States Government, critical infrastructure, and the American people from information and communications technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by,
controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.
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