# DHS Bars DeepSeek From Federal Procurement

DHS issued a Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) exclusion and removal order covering DeepSeek products and services in federal civilian executive-branch agencies. The order also reaches covered products and services from affiliates and third-party offerings built using DeepSeek implementations, and bars their future acquisition. The order was issued in July 2026 and publicly noticed on October 19, with Federal Register publication reported for October 19–20. Signals differ on whether agencies have a 60-day removal period; they also describe a 60-day process for exception requests. DoD, the intelligence community, and national security systems are identified as outside the order’s scope in one signal.

- Contractors and integrators supporting civilian agencies should inventory AI components and model provenance across products, hosted services, subcontractors, and reseller supply chains, including embedded or third-party implementations.
- Agencies must remove covered deployments and stop covered purchases unless an exception applies. Contractors can support agency remediation with replacement planning and security controls; CISA is identified as reviewing exception requests and providing technical assistance.
- Because reporting on removal timing is inconsistent, suppliers should confirm implementation status and any applicable agency instructions with their federal customers rather than assume a uniform future grace period. Where applicable, review FAR 52.204-30 reporting obligations for covered technology.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology, Defense & Military
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 20, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Federal civilian executive-branch agencies
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- U.S. Intelligence Community

### Vendors
- Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co. (DeepSeek) (Supplier subject to federal civilian procurement exclusion and IT-system removal order)

### Key Quotes
> During the period between the issuance of this order and full removal of covered articles from agency systems, federal agencies are encouraged to take steps to address risk to their systems, such as monitoring the flow of traffic in and out of the agency, implementing enhanced logging and controls on data exfiltration for the relevant systems, and detecting and flagging anomalous activity.
> — Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security

### Sources
- [US Moves to Bar DeepSeek From Federal Agencies and Contracts](https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-moves-bar-deepseek-federal-133753757.html) - Yahoo Finance UK
- [DeepSeek faces ban from US government contracts due to data threats](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6159116-dhs-bans-chinese-deepseek-ai) - The Hill
- [DHS Orders Federal Civilian Agencies to Remove China’s DeepSeek AI - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dhs-orders-deepseek-technology-removed-from-federal-civilian-it-systems-060b6d3d) - WSJ