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Task Force Approves Recommendations Of ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Working Groups

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 23rd, 2019

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Task Force Approves Recommendations Of ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Working Groups

A public-private task force that has been collaborating for the past year on ways to mitigate risks to the global supply chain for information and communications technology (ICT) systems last week approved recommendations from three of its four working groups on how to proceed. The ICT Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force in June approved the recommendations of its fourth working group, which called for a federal acquisition rule to incentivize the procurement of ICT products from original equipment…

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