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What Contractors Should Know About the Build America, Buy America Act

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.

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Battling back from the Great Depression, the Hoover administration passed the “Buy American Act” in 1933. The basic premise of the law was self-evident — to revive and bolster the U.S. economy by requiring U.S.-sourced iron and steel mined or produced in the United States to be used in projects for the federal government.

In 1982 Congress passed the “Buy America Act,” which for the first time expanded the requirement

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Protest is ‘last resort’ to get GSA’s commercial platforms program to comply with JWOD Act

It’s a shame when the only way to get an agency’s attention on an acquisition problem is through a lawsuit.

Unfortunately, it’s an all too common occurrence with draft solicitations, final solicitations and post-award debriefings.

The latest example from the National Industries for the Blind, the Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment and the National Association for the Employment of People who are Blind against the General Services Administration epitomizes this problem.

NIB and its…

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It’s a shame when the only way to get an agency’s attention on an acquisition problem is through a lawsuit.

Unfortunately, it’s an

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