GSA reorganizes headquarters, not regions.GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Administrator Lurita Doan Lurita Alexis Doan (born January 4, 1958), became the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration on May 31, 2006, the first woman to hold that position. Education Doan began her education at Ursuline Academy, a Catholic school for girls in New Orleans. signed an order October 13 creating a new Federal Acquisition Service, completing the reorganization of GSA headquarters. The Acquisition Service combines the old Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Set vice. The reorganization was finalized after Congress authorized the merger of GSA's two revolving funds A revolving fund is a fund or account whose income remains available to finance its continuing operations without any fiscal year limitation. Within federal and state governments, law establishes revolving funds. , the IT Fund and the General Supply Fund. But the reorganization does not change GSA's 11 regional offices. An earlier version had contemplated folding them into six "zones." Next month GSA will announce phase two of the reorganization, detailing the structure of the regional offices. The Federal Acquisition Service commissioner, Jim Williams Jim or Jimmy Williams can refer to: In American football:
Critics have complained that the regional offices, usually headed by political appointees, often acted independently of the Washington headquarters, following different policies and confusing customers and contractors. It was the regional offices that were found to be skirting procurement laws and regulations in a series of investigations by the agency's inspector general and the Government Accountability Office The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress, and thus an agency in the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. . Over the two year-period that the reorganization was being discussed, GSA officials spoke of the need for "one GSA" or a "team GSA." Those phrases were absent from the announcement of the final reorganization plan A scheme authorized by federal law and promulgated by the president whereby he or she alters the structure of federal agencies to promote government efficiency and economy through a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition of functions. . The Federal Acquisition Service organization chart lists four business portfolio offices: General Supplies and Services; Travel, Motor Vehicle and Card Services The software support for PC Cards. PC Card applications talk to Card Services. See PC Card. ; Integrated Technology Services; and the newly established Assisted Acquisition Services. There are six support offices: Controller, Chief Information Officer, Customer Accounts and Research, Acquisition Management, Administration and the newly established Strategic Business Planning and Process Improvement office. |
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