U.S. Department of Homeland Security Orders Exclusion of DeepSeek Products from Federal Civilian Procurement and Removal from Existing Systems
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, has issued an order excluding DeepSeek and its affiliated entities' information technology products and services from federal civilian executive department procurements. It also mandates the removal of DeepSeek and any third-party products built using it from relevant information systems. The Department of Defense and the intelligence community had previously imposed similar restrictions.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered the exclusion of DeepSeek products from federal civilian department procurements and their removal from existing systems.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a notice of action stating that, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Security Supply Chain Act, information technology products and services developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Research Co., Ltd. (DeepSeek) and its affiliated entities are excluded from the scope of procurement for federal civilian executive departments. The order also requires the removal of all DeepSeek and related entity products from the information systems of civilian agencies, as well as third-party products and services that utilize DeepSeek.
The order covers DeepSeek and its affiliates, and extends to third-party products based on its implementations. Previously, the Department of Defense and the intelligence community had imposed similar restrictions on the use of DeepSeek.
Source: Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-21447/order-exclusion-and-removal-of-deepseek-products-from-federal-civilian-executive-branch-information)