Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The Department of Homeland Security is publishing notice of the Secretary of Homeland Security’s issuance of an order (1) excluding information technology products and services developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd (DeepSeek), to include affiliated entities as defined in applicable regulations, from federal civilian agency procurements; and, (2) removing all DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products, and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations, from civilian agency information technology.
Pursuant to the authority granted by the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, 41 U.S.C. 1321-1328, and implementing regulations at 41 CFR 201-1, following review of the Federal Acquisition Security Council Recommendation and affiliated evidence, the Secretary of Homeland Security has ordered: (1) exclusion of information technology products and services developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd (DeepSeek), to include affiliated entities as defined in 48 CFR 2.101, from federal civilian agency procurements; and (2) removal of all DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products, and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations, from civilian agency information technology.
A copy of the signed order is contained in the accompanying Appendix and can be found at
https://www.regulations.gov
by searching for DHS Docket Number DHS-2026-0628.
James H. Percival II,
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Appendix
( printed page 66347)
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