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Answer & Explanation:Assignment 3: Buy American Requirements
Due Week 6 and worth 240 points
In order to complete this
assignment, refer to the scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the
scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page
paper in which you:
1.  Specify the main points of the Buy American
Requirements in one page or less.
2.  Determine the substantive means by which the
Buy American Requirements would benefit both VectorCal and your new company.
Provide a rationale for your response.
3.  Analyze the fundamental ways in which the Buy
American Requirements are contradictory to a capitalistic ethos, given that the
U.S. government claims to promote competition and the U.S. espouses a free
market ideology (i.e., capitalism). Support your answer with two examples of
such a contradiction.
4.  Debate whether or not you believe that the
exceptions to the Buy American Requirements set forth by the government are
fair and advantageous to the US economy. Provide a rationale for your response.
5.  Determine the key advantages and disadvantages
of using the Buy American Requirements with the navigation system t

hat both
VectorCal and your company produce. Justify your response.
6.  Use at least three (3) quality resources in
this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites
do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow
these formatting requirements:
· 
Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· 
Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included
in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· 
Determine how to validate costs
and certify cost and pricing data.
· 
Specify the government policies
regarding profit and pricing adjustments for contracts.
· 
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in cost and price analysis.
· 
Write clearly and concisely
about cost and price analysis using proper writing mechanics.