White House Bows Chip Supply Chain 'Early Alert System'

The Commerce and State departments will jointly oversee an “early alert system” to better manage potential semiconductor supply chain disruptions, said the White House Thursday. The alert system, announced after the Biden administration summoned semiconductor industry leaders to discuss the global chip shortage, will allow the government to better anticipate and detect supply chain issues and increase engagement with foreign governments and industry, the White House said. It emphasized it’s still seeking “longer term solutions” to the chips crisis. Comments are due Nov. 8 at the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to help the secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security prepare a chip shortage report to the White House by the one-year deadline of President Joe Biden’s Feb. 24 executive order on America's supply chains, the agency announced Friday (see 2109230038).