Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress for 2018 – DoD Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy Office

This year’s report to congress includes a number of discussions concerning counterfeit parts (similar to reports from prior years).

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FAR / DFARS CASE UPDATE (18 May 2018)

Status updates from the ‘Open Cases Reports’ …

Counterfeit Prevention Standards Gap Analysis — 17 May 2018 Update

Counterfeit Prevention, Detection and Avoidance Standards Gap Analysis for Hardware Products (Updated 17 May 2018)

Henry Livingston

AS6810 – Requirements for Accreditation Bodies when Accrediting Test Laboratories Performing Detection of Suspect/Counterfeit in Accordance with AS6171 General Requirements and the Associated Test Methods

The following document has been released …

AS6810 – Requirements for Accreditation Bodies when Accrediting Test Laboratories Performing Detection of Suspect/Counterfeit in Accordance with AS6171 General Requirements and the Associated Test Methods

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FAR / DFARS CASE UPDATE (14 May 2018)

Status updates from the ‘Open Cases Reports’ …

Technical Program Announced – CALCE/SMTA Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials

Technical Symposium and Expo: June 26-28, 2018
Workshops: June 28, 2018
College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
College Park, MD

Technical session topics include:

• What is being Counterfeited – Within and Beyond electronics?
• Are the Standards Adequate to Protect You?
• Panel Discussion – Challenges with AS671 Accreditation–Can it Handle Obsolete Parts?
• Technological Solutions: Tagging, Tracing, Authenticating
• How the US Government Agencies are Reacting
• How to Detect Counterfeit Parts with Confidence
• Bringing Information Security in the Solution Space
• Impacts on Industry and Society

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DFARS Case 2016-D013: Amendments Related to Sources of Electronic Parts

DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 that makes contractors and subcontractors subject to approval (as well as review and audit) by appropriate DoD officials when identifying a contractor-approved supplier of electronic parts. …

More at federalregister.gov

Orange County Electronics Distributor Charged with Selling Counterfeit Integrated Circuits with Military and Commercial Uses

LOS ANGELES – The owner of PRB Logics Corporation, an Orange County-based seller of electronic components, was arrested this morning on federal charges alleging he sold counterfeit integrated circuits, some of which could have been used in military applications. …

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FAR / DFARS CASE UPDATE (30 Apr 2018)

Status updates from the ‘Open Cases Reports’ …

IPR Center celebrates tenth anniversary on World IP Day

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), FBI and other partner agencies with the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) renewed their fight today against counterfeiting and IP theft that threaten the safety of American consumers, levy negative impacts on the U.S. economy and fund transnational criminal organizations, during at an event recognizing the center’s tenth anniversary. …

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