OSD Crafting Policy To Target Counterfeit Electronic Parts

By Maggie Ybarra / December 8, 2011 at 3:59 PM
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is crafting a policy that targets suspected counterfeit electronic parts in the Defense Department's supply chain. The policy likely will be issued in March, according to Pentagon spokeswoman Cheryl Irwin. All of the services will have to abide by it, Irwin told Inside the Air Force in a Dec. 7 email. A Nov. 8 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on counterfeit electronic parts in the Defense Department supply chain prompted the Pentagon...

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