White House expected to direct intelligence agencies to protect quantum research from foreign threats
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June 22, 2026 10:22 AM ET
The executive order is expected this week and tasks the departments of Defense and Energy to build and host a quantum computer for scientific discovery.
A pending executive order expected this week will task the FBI and intelligence community with better protecting the nation’s quantum research from foreign spying, according to four people familiar with the matter and a readout viewed by Nextgov/FCW.
The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to communicate non-public details about the forthcoming order.
Two of the people said the order may be ready as soon as Monday, while one of the people said two quantum-related orders could be signed, with one targeting the broader quantum information sciences and technology research enterprise and the other bolstering post-quantum cryptography migration efforts.
The order with counterintelligence directives would also task the...
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