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Time nears for federal contractors to dump Chinese companies
Federal News Network ^ | July 1, 2020 | Peter Musurlian

Posted on 07/01/2020 9:17:57 AM PDT by BeauBo

Federal contractors have about six weeks to meet a provision in the 2019 Defense authorization bill that says they are not using any equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their supply chains...

This means state and local governments, as well as schools and libraries, who receive money from the FCC’s $8.3 billion dollar Universal Service Fund may no longer purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, modify or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or provided by these suppliers.

(Excerpt) Read more at federalnewsnetwork.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: huawei; zte
"And any hope that deadline may be moved decreased yesterday when the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau formally designated Huawei and ZTE as national security threats. "
1 posted on 07/01/2020 9:17:57 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

It’s time to expel all Chibese nationals and allow no travel here from China.


2 posted on 07/01/2020 9:20:11 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Great, the US has a new enemy, the Chibese


3 posted on 07/01/2020 9:26:02 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydoxychlorquin)
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To: All

Praise YHVH (God)!


4 posted on 07/01/2020 9:39:21 AM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: Cold Heart
Great, the US has a new enemy, the Chibese

Communism has been and always will be the enemy. Nothing new.

5 posted on 07/01/2020 9:42:36 AM PDT by precisionshootist (ui)
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To: Cold Heart

Lol.

The Chibese.

Nab Chibese travel.


6 posted on 07/01/2020 9:43:19 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: precisionshootist

First they came for the obese, but I was not obese


7 posted on 07/01/2020 9:55:16 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydoxychlorquin)
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To: Cold Heart

Howabout banning Smithfield Meat from selling to the US government?


8 posted on 07/01/2020 10:54:48 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Cold Heart

Not new.


9 posted on 07/01/2020 11:25:38 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: mikey_hates_everything

New to me. I had never heard of the Chibese before today.


10 posted on 07/01/2020 11:31:25 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydoxychlorquin)
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To: Cold Heart

Oh, I get it. I ignore joke or spelling errors now, especially when they’re one key off.


11 posted on 07/01/2020 11:47:59 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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