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Commerce Department’s New ICTS Rule Raises Additional Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions

On January 19, 2021, the Commerce Department issued an interim final rule to implement the Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (E.O. 13873), which was issued on May 15, 2019. The interim rule comes after the November 2019 proposed rule implementing E.O. 13873.…

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Executive Order Establishes New Committee to Review Foreign Investment in Communications Companies

TAKEAWAYS Establishes deadlines for Committee to respond to FCC referrals Invites Committee review of existing license holders Resolution of long pending FCC proposed rulemaking expected On April 4, 2020, the White House issued an Executive Order creating the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications…

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Commerce Department Issues New Proposed Rules on Telecommunications Supply Chain

On November 27, 2019, the US Commerce Department published a proposed rule implementing regulations following President Trump’s May 15, 2019 Executive Order 13783 (E.O.) on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Supply Chain. The proposed rule adopts an open-ended, case-by-case review framework by which the Commerce Department…