BIS Plans Virtual Forum on Boosting ICT Supply Chains

The Bureau of Industry and Security plans a virtual forum 9 a.m. EDT Oct. 29 to gather recommendations on bolstering the resiliency of “critical supply chains” for the U.S. information and communications technology industry “that are at risk of disruption, strain, compromise, or elimination,” says Tuesday’s Federal Register. Requests to give oral statements at the forum are due Friday. Submissions to listen in are due Oct. 27. Information collected at the forum will help the Commerce and Homeland Security departments prepare their report to the White House by the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden’s Feb. 24 executive order on curing ICT supply chain disruptions. BIS also seeks comment by Nov. 4 on building more resiliency into ICT supply chains (see 2109170042).