via U.S. Air ForceUS Air Force personnel failed to comply with Depression Era congressional laws that require them to give preferential treatment to American-made products in one-third of contracts reviewed by the Defense Department’s top internal watchdog.
The Pentagon’s inspector general appraised 54 contracts valued at over $19 million, out of a sample pool size of 510 contracts worth more than $54 million, to determine if service contractors complied with the Berry Amendment and the Buy American Act.
The Berry Amendment – passed by Congress in 1941 – requires the Pentagon purchase products such as food, clothing, and equipment that are made …read more
Source: Business Insider