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I wonder if government procurement/compliance rules might help here? For example the military has a Trusted Supplier program for chips: https://www.acq.osd.mil/
by solardev 2y ago
I wonder if government procurement/compliance rules might help here? For example the military has a Trusted Supplier program for chips: https://www.acq.osd.mil/asds/dmea/tapo/trusted-supplier-programs.html https://www.acq.osd.mil/asds/dmea/tapo/trusted-supplier-prog...
There's also a government shopping site for approved "MAS IT Schedule 70" desktops and laptops: https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/search/gss_search https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/search/gss_search and some of those say "Made in the USA", but I'm not sure of the extent of vetting they do of those component parts. They're mostly Dell and HP machines, but those vendors might have special pipelines for getting those special USA machines...? Not sure.
- Spooky23 2y agoThat stuff is mostly bullshit. For most products “Made in the USA” means TAA compliant, which means they are substantially transformed in the US. Translation: they attach the laptop display and hard drive in Texas, and charge 50% more.