More than 60 legislators signed on to a bipartisan letter to the General Services Administration this week imploring the agency to review its compliance with federal laws that give precedence to vendors employing blind persons and those with significant disabilities.
The letter comes in the wake of a move by GSA earlier this year to decentralize some of their distribution methods, contracting with vendors to handle parts of the supply chain. The National Industries for the Blind, which the GSA formerly contracted through directly, initiated the letter from congressional representatives to remind the agency of its legal commitments under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act and AbilityOne program.
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