# DHS Excludes DeepSeek from Civilian Procurement

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued Exclusion and Removal Order #2026-01 on July 24, 2026, under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, following a Federal Acquisition Security Council review. The order bars federal civilian executive-branch agencies from procuring DeepSeek products and services and requires removal of DeepSeek products and third-party products or services developed using DeepSeek implementations from agency IT systems. DHS made the order public in October; the Department of Defense is outside its scope. The order provided an exception process requiring written justification within 60 days of issuance, a window reported to have elapsed on September 22, 2026.

- Federal contractors supporting civilian agencies should inventory AI models, APIs, code, software, cloud services, and subcontractor components for DeepSeek-derived technology; private hosting does not by itself exempt a product.
- Suppliers should prevent new procurement of covered products and be prepared to document product provenance and dependencies as agencies remove affected systems and offerings.
- The restriction reaches third-party tools built using DeepSeek implementations, so reviews limited to direct purchases from DeepSeek may miss affected components.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 21, 2026

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

### Vendors
- DeepSeek (AI product developer whose products and DeepSeek-derived offerings are subject to federal civilian procurement restrictions)

### Sources
- [US Order Requires Agencies to Remove Third-Party DeepSeek Tools | TokenPost](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/35566) - TOKENPOST
- [The U.S. has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products—and third-party tools built with them—from their IT systems, while blocking new procurement. AI policy is moving beyond model access to software supply-chain scrutiny.

https://t.co/CBNCquFeB6](https://x.com/p_d_y/status/2112835709895643607) - twitter-fed-procurement
- [US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues - MyJoyOnline](https://www.myjoyonline.com/us-bans-deepseek-ai-from-government-use-as-tech-tension-with-china-continues) - MyJoyOnline