Company Profile
General Services Administration
Company Overview
Excellence in the Business of Government:
GSA provides workplaces by constructing, managing, and preserving government buildings and by leasing and managing commercial real estate. GSA's acquisition solutions offer private sector professional services, equipment, supplies, and IT to government organizations and the military. GSA also promotes management best practices and efficient government operations through the development of governmentwide policies.
Company History
Our Mission’s Evolution:
GSA was established by President Harry Truman on July 1, 1949 to streamline the administrative work of the Federal Government. GSA consolidated the National Archives Establishment, the Federal Works Agency, the Public Buildings Administration, the Bureau of Federal Supply, the Office of Contract Settlement, and the War Assets Administration into one federal agency tasked with administering supplies and providing workplaces for federal employees.
GSA’s original mission was to dispose of war surplus goods, manage and store government records, handle emergency preparedness, and stockpile strategic supplies for wartime. GSA also regulated the sale of various office supplies to federal agencies and managed some unusual operations, such as hemp plantations in South America.
Today, our mission has evolved to provide stewardship of the way the government uses and provides real estate, acquisition services, and technology. Through our Public Buildings Service, Federal Acquisition Service, and various staff offices, we provide workspace to more than 1 million federal civilian workers, oversee the preservation of more than 480 historic buildings, and facilitate the Federal Government's purchase of high-quality, low-cost goods and services from reliable commercial vendors.
We are also supporting federal agencies and state and local governments to get the materials and services they urgently need to enhance safety and health in GSA-controlled federal and leased locations in response to COVID-19.
Benefits
We offer a variety of Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance & Long Term Care benefits to employees.
We offer generous vacation and sick leave benefits, as well as 10 paid holidays per year to our employees.
We provide a comprehensive retirement benefits plan, called the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS has 3 components:
1) Basic Retirement Benefit (Annuity)
2) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), which offers the same type of savings and tax benefits as traditional 401(k) plans. GSA will automatically contribute 1% of your salary, and will match your TSP contributions, up to a total of five percent of your salary.
3) Social Security
We know that training and career growth are important to you. We offer challenging, interesting, and meaningful work as well as a variety of training and professional development opportunities, including:
Online University, provides access to thousands of e-Learning courses in management, leadership development, project management, IT and more.
Our Competitive Development Program provides future and current leaders with the skills and development opportunities required to meet our Agency’s evolving needs.
GSA’s Project Network provides you the opportunity to hone your skills while working on projects across the agency.