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Four U.S. senators recently sent a letter to the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC), urging for stronger coordination of supply-chain risk management across the federal government.
FASC was established to reduce federal supply-chain risks by creating a “combined information-sharing environment” for individual agencies. It is responsible for facilitating information sharing within the federal government. It also is responsible for identifying and recommending supply-chain risk management standards, guidelines, and practices for federal agencies and entities and nonfederal organizations.
Neither Congress nor the judiciary has the resources or expertise needed to replicate FASC’s work, leaving them vulnerable to national security threats, the senators said.
“Americans may accept the principle of the…
