FEBRUARY 2023 RECOMMENDATIONS RELEASE
Strengthening Federal Procurement through
the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct
Isabelle Glimcher
Our seven specific and ambitious recommendations are designed to ensure federal procurement relies on responsible supply chains, and to use the U.S. Government’s massive buying power to drive human and labor rights compliance around the world. The recommendations build on the below report and reflect a range of conversations with government officials across Executive agencies and departments. These recommendations should be included in the Biden Administration’s forthcoming National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.
September 2020 Report Release
Purchasing Power:
How the U.S. Government Can Use Federal Procurement
to Uphold Human Rights
Isabelle Glimcher
The way forward
We make a series of recommendations for how the federal government can improve its procurement process, leveraging its significant buying power to drive rights compliance by prime and subcontractors. This is an ambitious undertaking, but the recommendations aim to minimize challenges and create a system that supports and incentivizes compliance by contractors. Through these changes, workers around the world can enjoy more comprehensive rights protection, American companies can compete on a more level playing field, and Americans can feel confident that their government is doing everything it can to make the world safer and fairer for all.