DHS orders DeepSeek products removed from federal systems

• The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered DeepSeek products excluded from federal civilian agency procurement.
• The order also requires agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party tools developed using DeepSeek implementations from their IT systems.
• The action invokes federal supply-chain security powers under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered DeepSeek products excluded from federal civilian agency procurement and removed from agency IT systems.

The order covers products and services developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., including affiliated entities.

It also requires the removal of third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations from civilian agency information technology systems.

The department issued the order under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations.

The decision follows a review of a recommendation from the Federal Acquisition Security Council and related evidence.

The order applies to federal civilian agencies, covering both procurement decisions and products already present in their IT environments.

The signed order is available through the US government’s Regulations.gov portal under DHS docket number DHS-2026-0628.

The order establishes a federal restriction on DeepSeek-related technology across civilian agency procurement and information technology systems.