Carr Creates a Council on National Security

Citing threats from China in particular, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has established a Council for National Security at the commission.

“The council will leverage the full range of the commission’s regulatory, investigatory and enforcement authorities to promote America’s national security and counter foreign adversaries, particularly the threats posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP),” his office said in the announcement.

His National Security Counsel Adam Chan will be its director. The council will include representatives from eight bureaus and offices within the FCC.

“Today, the country faces a persistent and constant threat from foreign adversaries, particularly the CCP,” Carr said in the statement.  “These bad actors are always exploring ways to breach our networks, devices and technology ecosystem.  It is more important than ever that the FCC remain vigilant and protect Americans and American companies from these threats.  Because these threats now cut across a range of sectors that the FCC regulates, it is important that the FCC’s national security efforts pull resources from a variety of FCC organizations.”

He listed three goals: to reduce the dependence of the country’s technology and telecommunications sector trade and supply chains on foreign adversaries; to mitigate its vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, espionag  and surveillance by foreign adversaries; and to “ensure the U.S. wins the strategic competition with China over critical technologies” such as 5G and 6G, AI, satellites and space, quantum computing, robotics and autonomous systems, and the Internet of Things.

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