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The General Services Administration ( GSA ) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks. GSA employs about 12,000 federal workers and has an annual operating budget of roughly $20.9 billion. GSA oversees $66 billion of procurement annually. It contributes to the management of about $500 billion in U.S. federal property, divided chiefly among 8,700 owned and leased buildings and a 215,000 vehicle motor pool. Among the real estate assets managed by GSA are the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. – the largest U.S. federal building after the Pentagon – and the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center (which had previously been the Battle Creek S...

In 1947 President Harry Truman asked former president Herbert Hoover to lead what became known as the Hoover Commission to make recommendations to reorganize the operations of the federal government. One of the recommendations of the commission was the establishment of an "Office of the General Services". This proposed office would combine the responsibilities of the following organizations: U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Federal Supply U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Contract Settlement National Archives Establishment All functions of the Federal Works Agency, including the Public Buildings Administration and the Public Roads Administration War Assets Administration GSA became an independent agency on July 1, 1949, after the passage of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act. General Jess Larson, administrator of the War Assets Administration, was named GSA's first administrator. The first job awaiting Administrator Larson and the newl...

Structure edit The administrator is the chief executive of the General Services Administration. Emily W. Murphy was sworn in as administrator on December 12, 2017, after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 5, 2017. GSA consists of two major services: the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), and the Public Buildings Service (PBS). In addition to these two major services, the agency also consists of twelve staff offices and two independent offices. Staff offices edit Office of Government-wide Policy Office of the Chief Financial Officer Office of Human Resources Management Office of GSA IT Office of Administrative Services Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Strategic Communication Office of Small Business Utilization Office of General Counsel Office of Civil Rights Office of Mission Assurance Office of Customer Experience Independent offices edit Office of Inspector General Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Regions edit GSA c...

Procurement and the GSA Schedule edit The Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) provides comprehensive solutions for products and services across the government. GSA assists with procurement work for other government agencies. As part of this effort, it maintains the large GSA Schedules, which other agencies can use to buy goods and services. The GSA Schedule can be thought of as a collection of pre-negotiated contracts. Procurement managers from government agencies can view these agreements and make purchases from the GSA Schedule knowing that all legal obligations have been taken care of by GSA. The GSA Schedule is awarded as a prime contract entered into by the federal government and a vendor that has submitted an acceptable proposal. At the core of the GSA Schedule contract lie two key concepts: 1) Basis of Award customer or group of customers and 2) Price Reduction Clause. The two concepts are applied in concert to achieve the government's pricing objectives for the GSA Schedule p...