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14 unusual facts about General Services Administration


Bill of attainder

In 1974, Congress passed the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act, which required the General Services Administration to confiscate former President Richard Nixon's presidential papers to prevent their destruction, screen out those which contained national security and other issues which might prevent their publication, and release the remainder of the papers to the public as fast as possible.

Business-to-government

These can be state, local or federal contracts and some may be grandfathered in by other entities (i.e. California's MAS Multiple Award Schedule will recognize the federal government contract holder's prices on a General Services Administration Schedule).

Cost Accounting Standards

The current CASB consists of five members: the OFPP Administrator (who serves as Chairman) and one member from the United States Department of Defense (this position is held by the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency), the General Services Administration, industry, and the private sector.

General Services Administration

U.S. Representative John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called for a congressional investigation into the misuse of federal money by GSA.

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

GOAA replaced the former City of Orlando Aviation Department in 1976 following the closure of McCoy Air Force Base and its conveyance from the U.S. Air Force to the General Services Administration to the City of Orlando, and its subsequent transition to Orlando International Airport.

Jack Eckerd

In 1975 Eckerd was appointed administrator of the General Services Administration by President Gerald R. Ford.

John Carl Warnecke

In February 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy lobbied the General Services Administration to stop the demolition and adopt a different design plan.

Moscow, Maine

The site was put up for online auction in September 2011 through the U.S. General Services Administration.

Pilot Software

The company has more than 300 customers, including GSA, Sears, Health Net, and Sarasota County, Florida.

Pitkin Tunnel

In 2003, the United States Marshals Service and General Services Administration provided funds which were used to install surveillance cameras, gates for closing the tunnel, and booths to accommodate guards.

Public Sector Real Estate

The U.S. General Services Administration(GSA) is the primary government agency tasked with managing the U.S. Federal Government's real estate properties and the leases the GSA has with the private sector.

Punta Tuna Light

In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Punta Tuna Light (along with 11 others) available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them.

Robert M. Warner

The National Archives, founded in 1934, had been part of the General Services Administration since 1949 and was controlled by political appointees.

SM UB-65

National Archives and Records Service, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington: 1984


Construction Management Association of America

The Leadership Forum is designed for construction owners, both federal owners, such as the General Services Administration or United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and private owners, such as universities or commercial construction owners.

Joe Wardy

On Tuesday, May 9, 2006, The National Center for the Employment of the Disabled (NCED) (renamed Ready One Industries, in March 2006), of which Wardy was President and CEO, was raided by over 65 agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), General Services Administration, US Army and Internal Revenue Service.

Lupe Valdez

She then moved on to investigative roles as an agent of the General Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and, finally, the U.S. Customs Service where she was a leader in the federal Counter Smuggling Initiative.

Mandate for Leadership

In 1979, at a Heritage Foundation trustees' meeting, it was suggested by Jack Eckerd, former head of the General Services Administration under Gerald Ford, that the Foundation draw up a conservative plan of action for the next presidential administration in January 1981.

Morgan dollar

Beginning in the 1970s, the Treasury conducted a sale of silver dollars minted at the Carson City Mint through the General Services Administration.

SalvageData

is an ISO 9001:2008, GSA, SOC - SAS70 certified data recovery services and software and tools firm based in Chantilly, Virginia.

Telecommuting

During a keynote address at the September 12, 2007 Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting, Lurita Doan, at that time the Administrator for the General Services Administration, announced an aggressive commitment goal to increase agency telework participation.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

However, on October 18, 2005, Chief Judge Larry J. McKinney announced that the division would remain open while the court works with the General Services Administration on the matter of relocation.

Wayne Lifestar

Prior to 1973, Wayne produced a rear-engined model (on a Chevrolet chassis that year), but after that time, production of transit-style models had been shifted to military and GSA (federal government) orders.