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Read more about Biden to direct agencies to use Defense Production Act in Covid-19 fight on Business Standard. Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) and other powers
President Biden to use Defense Production Act for masks, vaccines Health experts have been pushing for this for months Share this story Photo by Carlos Tischler / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Images President Joe Biden will direct federal agencies to use the Defense Production Act to ramp up the supply of masks, testing kits, and vaccine materials. The action is part of a blitz of executive orders Biden has issued during his first few days in office. “We’ve already identified suppliers and are working with them to move the plan forward,” Biden said in a briefing today. The ad...
"Where we can produce more, we will — where we need to — use the Defense Production Act to help more be made," Biden's COVID-19 Supply Coordinator Tim Manning said.
Biden To Invoke Defense Production Act More Aggressively Than Trump 01/21/21 AT 3:20 PM Health authorities across the globe are starting up mass vaccination campaigns to beat the pandemic Photo: AFP / Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD In yet another sign of significant change in the White House, President Biden is expected to make more forceful use of the Defense Production Act, a federal law that allows a president to require businesses to prioritize production of necessary items during national emergencies. Former President Trump had been slow to evoke the law to produce hospital equipment, despite ...
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Tim Manning to coordinate supply chain management as part of his administration's COVID-19 response team. Manning is the former deputy administrator for protection and national preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Obama. The... Read More... Don't Miss Any Updates! News Directly in Your Inbox Subscribe to: