The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to Congress in December 2024 on failures of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other agencies in initiating and monitoring Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP) Agreements. The GAO prepared its report
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is considering the negotiation of Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP) Agreements with Brazil, India, and South Korea. An RDP agreement allows the so-called “qualifying country” to participate in DoD procurement without
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its report, “Foreign Sourcing in Government Procurement,” provided broad estimates of purchases from foreign sources by the U.S. federal government and central governments of the other six main parties to
ITEM OF NOTE This post highlights findings of a December 2018 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the use of waivers and exceptions of the Buy American Act of 1933 (BAA). GAO found that of the federal agencies’ purchases of $196
On September 27, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, “Government Procurement Agreements Contain Similar Provisions, but Market Access Commitments Vary”, in response to a congressional request. Two Senators (Jeff Merkley,
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just published a study, entitled “The United States and European Union Are the Two Largest Markets Covered by Key Procurement-Related Markets”. The GAO calculated that from 2008 through 2012, the United