Tag: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Buy American Waiver Website Criticized

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found deficiencies in the administration’s website that provides information on waivers of Buy American laws in a December 2023 report. In Opportunities Exist to Improve the Reporting of Waivers to

Homeland Security: New Domestic Preference for Uniforms

Congress has again imposed a domestic preference on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) purchase of uniforms and other items related to national security interests. The provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023 is

GAO Report: Limited Effect of Kissell Amendment on DHS Textile Purchases

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently prepared a report for Congress on the effectiveness of a Buy American provision in the 2009 stimulus package that was intended to restrict the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) purchase of

GAO Procurement Report: Valid Criticisms, Questionable Comparison

On March 13, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report, with an attention-grabbing title: United States Reported Opening More Opportunities to Foreign Firms Than Other Countries, but Better Data Are Needed. Based on a broad comparison