Biden Extends Trump’s ICT Emergency Order for Another Year

President Joe Biden extended for a year the national emergency declaration in then-President Donald Trump’s May 2019 executive order under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to protect U.S. information and communications technology supply chains against interference by foreign adversaries, says a notice for Friday’s Federal Register. The order was due to expire Sunday. Bad actors’ “unrestricted access” to ICT “augments the ability” of foreign adversaries to exploit “vulnerabilities” in the U.S. supply chain, “with potentially catastrophic effects,” said the notice. The “unusual and extraordinary threat” continues to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the U.S., it said. For this reason, the national emergency declaration “must continue,” it said.