Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Agencies must designate a senior official to spearhead efforts to support domestic manufacturing. The White House on Friday released a memo instructing agencies to designate a senior official to spearhead efforts to support domestic manufacturing. President Biden issued an executive order on January 25 to push federal agencies to buy more products made in the United States, an effort that builds on current, related laws. The order directed the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to consider proposing rules to tighten up “Buy American” requirements within 180 days (by July 24), required the General Services Administration to create a public website for proposed waivers and justifications, and established a Made in America Office within the Office of Management and Budget to review any waivers issued that allow the purchase of goods from outside the United States.