Six Takeaways from Executive Order on Assessing Manufacturing and the Defense Industrial Base

In a recent article, Covington & Burling's Susan Cassidy, Justin Ganderson, and John Sorrenti address six questions and answers raised by the recent executive order calling for an assessment of the strength of the defense industrial base, including the relationship of this order to the recent Buy American order, and its connection to legislative activity regarding DoD's acquisition of commercial items.