FCC Issues Protective Order in Rulemaking on National Security Risks in Network Supply Chain

The FCC set terms for access to sensitive information in its rulemaking to safeguard national security in communications (see 1804170038). An NPRM "seeks comment on a rule to prohibit, going forward, the use of universal service support to purchase equipment or services from any communications equipment or service providers identified as posing a national security risk to communications networks or the communications supply chain," said the Wireline Bureau protective order Wednesday in docket 18-89. On Capitol Hill, anti-ZTE efforts moved forward (see 1805230058).