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The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American'

Posted by timothy on from the all-the-hens'-teeth-you-can-swallow dept.

An anonymous reader points out a Cnet report on the Homeland Security Authorization Act, which would require that more than 50 percent of the components in any end product bought by the Department of Homeland Security be produced or manufactured in the U.S., writing "The Pentagon has agreements with 21 countries that waive the act, but an amendment that just passed the House would prevent the DHS from waiving the 'Buy American' restrictions. "The president of the Information Technology Association of America observed that this means the DHS may 'have to learn to do without computers and cell phones,' since he could not think of any manufacturers of those devices that would meet the 50% threshold."

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  1. Its about time. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey...did I get the first comment?

    1. Re:Its about time. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, I did you fucking loser! And I actually wrote something Insightful instead of posting lame frist psots so it even has a chance of +5. You have lost, you idiot. Have a nice day.

  2. first american post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  4. My mom's kids were taken by DHS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://chadwick.ath.cx/ I hate DHS or is it DSHS?

  5. What would liberals do without their boogeyman? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will they actually exhibit withdrawal symptoms in 09? There's little doubt that the typical Democratic Underground denizen has a pathological fixation on W.