Industry coalition calls for 'annual certification' in federal ban on China-based IT products

A coalition of industry groups is urging the Defense Department, General Services Administration and NASA to revise a federal acquisition rule issued this summer that bans the government from purchasing IT and video surveillance products from China, calling for an “annual certification” process to assist small businesses and other steps in providing greater specificity to the requirements.

“This regulation has far reaching consequences for the federal contractor community, and given that the rule was effective on the day it was...