White House official: NTIA will helm executive order on Information and Communications Technology supply chain

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will play the lead role in deciding which entities present “unmitigatable” risks to the supply chain for information and communications technology and should be flagged for national security, in line with the new executive order banning the import of such products and services, according to a senior White House official.

“As we move forward as a government to identify clearly what we consider to be a concern from a security perspective, that requires dialogue...