As the incoming Biden administration announces its nominees for top roles, Pentagon observers say contractors should watch for some changed priorities -- but that supply chain policy will likely continue to be a focus. During the Trump administration, Section 889 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which prohibits the government from contracting with companies that use telecommunications and surveillance equipment made by Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese companies because of security concerns, went into effect. Andy Howard, a partner at law firm Alston & Bird, told Inside Defense he doesn't expect the new administration to scale back that policy. "I don't see that getting rolled back really in the slightest bit," he said. "There was so much analysis done about the security risk posed by some of that technology." While domestic sourcing policy has often changed among administrations, Howard said Congress generally supports the idea of moving more manufacturing to the United States and that is unlikely to shift in a Biden administration.
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机译：随着收入的拜登政府宣布其顶级作用的提名，五角大楼观察员表示承包商应该注意一些改变的优先事项 - 但供应链政策可能会继续成为一个焦点。在特朗普政府期间，2019财政年度第889号国防授权法案，该法案禁止政府与使用华为，中兴和其他中国企业制造的电信和监测设备的公司承包，因为安全问题，生效。 Andy Howard是律师事务所和鸟的合作伙伴，在国防内部讲述他并不期望新政府缩减该政策。 “我认为没有看到丝毫地回滚，”他说。 “关于一些技术提出的安全风险，有很多分析。”虽然国内采购政策经常在主管部门发生变化，但霍华德表示，国会普遍支持向美国移动更多制造的想法，这不太可能在拜登行政方面转变。
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