Comments Due April 5 on Fixing Bottlenecks in Chips Supply Chain

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security seeks comments on how the Biden administration can help boost the U.S. semiconductor industry’s competitiveness and capacity amid global chip shortages, says a notice for Monday’s Federal Register. The comments, due April 5 in docket BIS-2021-0011, will help shape Commerce’s policy recommendations to the White House on President Joe Biden’s Feb. 24 executive order to relieve bottlenecks in the semiconductor supply chain. BIS especially wants feedback on “the availability of the key skill sets and personnel” needed to sustain a competitive semiconductor industry, plus the risks that will result from a failure to develop domestic “manufacturing capabilities,” and the resilience of U.S. supply chains to support “emergency preparedness,” says the notice.