Editing General Services Administration (section)

{{short description|U.S. government agency formed in 1949}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = General Services Administration
| picture         = Flag_of_the_General_Services_Administration_(1973–1989).svg
| picture_caption = Flag of the General Services Administration
| logo            = US-GeneralServicesAdministration-Logo.svg
| logo_width      = 
| logo_caption    = Logo of the General Services Administration
| seal            = Seal of the General Services Administration.svg
| seal_width      = 
| seal_caption    = Seal of the General Services Administration
| formed          = {{Start date and age|1949|7|1}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/background-history/a-brief-history-of-gsa |title=A Brief History of the GSA |publisher=GSA |access-date=2019-10-16 |archive-date=2019-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010005840/https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/background-history/a-brief-history-of-gsa |url-status=live }}</ref>
| preceding1      = 
| preceding2      = 
| headquarters    = [[United States General Services Administration Building|GSA Building]]<br />1800 F Street NW, [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| employees       = 12,000 (FY 2024)<ref name="FY24">{{cite web |url=https://www.gsa.gov/system/files/FY-2024-GSA-AFR-12-20-2024-508-compliant.pdf |title=GSA 2024 Annual Report |publisher=GSA |access-date=2025-02-01 |archive-date=2025-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124110934/https://www.gsa.gov/system/files/FY-2024-GSA-AFR-12-20-2024-508-compliant.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| budget          = $61.1 billion (FY 2024)<ref name="FY24" />
| chief1_name     = [[Stephen Ehikian]]
| chief1_position = acting administrator
| chief2_name     = ''Vacant''
| chief2_position = deputy administrator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/leadership-directory/deputy-administrator |title=GSA Deputy Administrator |publisher=GSA |access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>
| child1_agency   = Public Buildings Service<ref name="GSA Organization">{{cite web|title=GSA Organization|url=https://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21014 |publisher=U.S. General Services Administration |date=2017-01-24|access-date=2017-04-13|archive-date=2017-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414021810/https://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| child2_agency   = Federal Acquisition Service
| child3_agency   = 
| child4_agency   = Staff Offices (12)
| child5_agency   = Independent Offices (2)
| website         = {{URL|http://www.gsa.gov}}
| footnotes       = 
}}

The '''General Services Administration''' ('''GSA''') is an  [[Independent agencies of the United States government|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.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mission and Priorities | url = http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100735 | publisher = U.S. General Services Administration | date = 2013-01-15 | access-date = 2013-02-08 | archive-date = 2013-02-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130218235233/http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100735 | url-status = live }}</ref>

GSA employs about 12,000 federal workers. It has an annual operating budget of roughly $33 billion and oversees $66&nbsp;billion of procurement annually. It contributes to the management of about $500 billion in U.S. federal property, divided chiefly among 8,397 owned and leased buildings (with a total of 363 million square feet of space)<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSA Properties |url=https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/gsa-properties |website=GSA Properties}}</ref> as well as a 215,000-vehicle [[fleet vehicle|motor pool]]. Among the real estate assets it manages are the [[Ronald Reagan Building|Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], which is the largest U.S. federal building after the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]].

GSA's business lines include the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) and the Public Buildings Service (PBS), as well as several Staff Offices including the Office of Government-wide Policy, the Office of Small Business Utilization, and the Office of Mission Assurance. As part of FAS, GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS) helps federal agencies improve the delivery of information and services to the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Office of Products and Programs |url=https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/124174|publisher=U.S. General Services Administration|date=2017-03-16|access-date=2017-04-13|archive-date=2017-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414021806/https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/124174|url-status=live}}</ref> Initiatives include the [[Presidential Innovation Fellows]] program, [[18F]], [[Login.gov]], Cloud.gov, [[FedRAMP]], the [[USAGov]] platform ([[USA.gov]], [[GobiernoUSA.gov]]), [[Data.gov]], Challenge.gov, the [[U.S. Web Design System]], and I.T. Modernization Centers of Excellence.

GSA is a member of the [[Procurement G6]], an informal group leading the use of [[framework agreements]] and [[e-procurement]] instruments in [[Government procurement in the United States|public procurement]].