Chinese-made telecommunications gear won’t be totally out of the government’s supply chain for years, despite a law banning it now. Section 889 of the 2019 NDAA forces agencies and contractors to excise that gear from their networks and from the supply chain, but the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has extended waivers – which otherwise expired Wednesday – for two more years, until the end of the 2022 fiscal year.
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