June 2010. Jared Kellner, 15 years old, was looking forward to spending the day at Milwaukee’s Summerfest music festival. As he and a friend walked out of a county owned parking garage, a 27,000 pound slab of concrete fell without warning killing him and injuring his friend and friend’s mother. In an instant, his life […]
Buy America Act – Chinese Steel – Whistleblower Post
During the height of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt and Congress passed a number of measures designed to spur the national economy. Part of Washington’s “New Deal” package was the Buy American Act; a law that required the federal government to prefer American made goods in its purchases. Later, the Buy American law was supplemented […]
EPA Violates Buy America Act – Whistleblower Post
by Brian Mahany There are three major laws that require public works projects to use American made products. Buy America, Buy American and the federal transportation funding laws require projects built with federal money to be built with U.S. made components. From steel to machinery, all of the components must be purchased here unless a […]