Welcome to the Tech Main Ride Home for Thursday, February 25th, 2021.

I'm Brian McCullough. Today, the Biden administration signs an executive order

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The Biden administration has signed an executive order mandating a 100 day review of critical supply chains.

Yes, some of the concern here

is that they want to make sure we never again

have shortages of critical things like masks

and other PPE or materials necessary for mass vaccination say,

pharmaceuticals, even food. Basically they want the US to be less

reliant on overseas sources for critical materials like these.

But also, there's a heavy tech angle here, quoting the Well Street Journal.

The executive order mandates a 100-day review of supply chains for four areas.

Semiconductors used in products from cars to phones,

large capacity batteries used in electric vehicles,

pharmaceuticals, and rare earth elements that are key to technology and defense.

Pharmaceuticals and rare earth elements that are key to technology and defense.

The executive order wouldn't fix the near-term

chip shortage, White House officials acknowledged, but the hope is to produce a

longer-term plan to help the federal government prevent future supply chain problems.

They are separately looking for ways to ease the backlog facing U.S. automakers.

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