President Donald Trump’s April 18 “Buy American and Hire American” executive order prompted consternation in the federal IT community. But one of the order’s stated goals is “to ensure that, to the extent permitted by law … procurements maximize the use of materials produced in the United States,” and federal law specifically exempts “information technology that is a commercial item” from the Buy American Act of 1933.
Source: Is IT exempt from Trump’s ‘Buy American’ order? — FCW
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