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Regulation2026-10-20

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an order. It excludes DeepSeek products from federal civilian agency procurements. It also removes all DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products from civilian agency IT. Third-party products using DeepSeek implementations are included. The order applies to Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd and its affiliates. The authority comes from the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018. A signed copy of the order is available in the docket DHS-2026-0628. The order is effective upon publication.

What changed

DeepSeek products were permitted in federal civilian IT systems and procurements.

What it unlocks

Federal civilian agencies must now exclude and remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems and procurements.

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