US Department of Homeland Security orders federal civilian agencies under FASCSA to exclude DeepSeek procurement and remove related IT products
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The US Department of Homeland Security issued an order under FASCSA excluding DeepSeek products from the procurement scope of federal civilian executive branch agencies, and requiring the removal from IT systems of DeepSeek and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek. The order is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on October 20.
Why it was selected
The order excludes DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies' procurement and IT systems, and can be used to observe how the United States handles a specific model vendor through administrative means.
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