Editing General Services Administration (section)

===Structure===
The administrator is a presidential [[Political appointments in the United States|political appointee]] and the chief executive of the General Services Administration.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sernovitz |first1=Daniel J. |title=GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, political staffers to offer resignations and aid transition |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/01/07/gsa-administrator-to-resign-aid-transition.html |work=Washington Business Journal |date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> On April 12, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated [[Robin Carnahan]] to serve as administrator.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/12/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-9/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref> She was confirmed by the US Senate on June 23, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-16|title=PN272 - Nomination of Robin Carnahan for General Services Administration, 117th Congress (2021-2022)|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/272|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>

GSA consists of two major services: the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), and the Public Buildings Service (PBS).<ref name="GSA Organization"/> In addition to these two major services, the agency also consists of twelve staff offices and two independent offices. The FAS provides both strategic<ref>GSA, "[https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/fas-initiatives/federal-marketplace-strategy Federal Marketplace Strategy]", updated February 25, 2021, accessed February 26, 2021.</ref> and operational support<ref>GSA, "[https://www.gsa.gov/buying-selling/products-services Products & Services]", updated November 24, 2020, accessed February 26, 2021.</ref> for the acquisition of goods and services for other federal departments.