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Counterfeit Electronic Parts Regulation Bogged Down - April 9, 2014 - By: Gabriela Urias
Intern, POGO

Once the DoD releases its new proposed rule in April, a comment period and public meeting will again take place. Three years have passed since Section 818 became law, and the February 2014 finalization deadline for the proposed rule has passed, yet there appears to be no conclusion in sight. The process continues to drag on, with private industry continuously finding fault in definitions. All the while, the real issue of counterfeit electronic parts reducing the quality of military equipment remains unresolved. As SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) stated in 2011, “This has been going on for too long.”

http://www.pogo.org/blog/2014/04/20140409-counterfeit-electronic-parts-regulation-bogged-down.html