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US President Joe Biden’s focus on Buy American Act domestic preference regulations and agency practices of implementing regulations and issuing waivers is likely to lead to an increased focus on federal government contractors’ compliance with heightened requirements.
As we
previously reported, on January 27, President Biden signed the
Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers (EO). In an attempt to strengthen Buy American policies, the EO one of the first steps in the president’s Build Back Better Recovery Plan reflects a continued increase in focus on domestic preference requirements in the federal procurement process. Among other things, the EO seeks to create a centralized review and approval process for waivers to government contractors across agencies by designating a Made in America director within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and by requiri