Buy American Act: Actions Needed to Improve Exception and Waiver Reporting and Selected Agency Guidance

Abstract

The law requires federal agencies to buy domestic products. But federal agencies can buy foreign products sometimes, e.g., when domestic items are not available at a reasonable cost or when international trade agreements waive the Buy American Act restrictions. According to the federal procurement database, foreign products comprised less than 5% of what the government bought in fiscal year 2017. The real amount could be higher than that, in part, because of data errors. For example, some agencies had inaccurately recorded waiver information

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1156750

Entities

People

  • Adam Cowles
  • Anne L. Taylor
  • Candice Wright
  • Erin Stockdale
  • Jennifer Dougherty
  • Julia Kennon
  • Robin Wilson
  • Skip Mcclinton
  • Stephanie Gustafson
  • William T. Woods

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • International Trade
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Small Business
  • Training
  • United States Government
  • Vehicle Equipment

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.