GSA Orders AbilityOne Audit Over China-Made Tech, Gives Program Until Nov. 16 to Respond
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 14
GSA Orders AbilityOne Audit Over China-Made Tech, Gives Program Until Nov. 16 to Respond
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 14
Summary
A draft GSA letter orders the U.S. AbilityOne Commission to verify the origin of every product on its mandatory list and audit pricing, sourcing and compliance after foreign-made tech was listed as U.S.-made.
Nov. 16 is the deadline for AbilityOne to answer GSA’s concerns, correct country-of-origin data, clarify products with unclear designations and document how it will conduct ongoing reviews.
GSA said some AbilityOne-affiliated nonprofits can charge markups of up to 55%, while executive pay at several participating groups ranged from $500,000 to more than $1 million against roughly $33,000 average annual pay for blind workers.
The review follows Trump’s March 2026 order on truthful Made-in-America claims, has drawn interest from Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force, and could end an exception allowing China and other non-allied sourcing.