ABA Public Contract Law Section Task Force on Counterfeit Parts Issues White Paper

As Chair of the task force, Susan Warshaw Ebner emphasizes the importance of detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts in the defense supply chain. The Department of Commerce estimates the impact of counterfeit parts globally to be more than $600 Billion. This issue is growing larger every day and solutions at the DOD are likely to be applied to other agencies. Read more about the issue.