Summary: This week, President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to help increase the supply of ventilators and other medical items. But the 1950 law contains a wide-range of different authorities – many of which might also come into play as the health emergency unfolds. To dig into what is possible under the DPA, Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu talked with Jerry McGinn, the executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, and a former senior official in DoD’s office of manufacturing and industrial base policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices