General Services Administration

Summary

General Services Administration is an independent agency of the United States government^[1]. It draws 426 Wikipedia views per month (independent_agency_of_the_united_states_government category, ranking #16 of 59).^[2]

Key Facts

• General Services Administration is in the country of United States^[3].
• General Services Administration's instance of is recorded as independent agency of the United States government^[4].
• General Services Administration's instance of is recorded as central purchasing body^[5].
• General Services Administration's instance of is recorded as contracting authority^[6].
• General Services Administration's founder is recorded as Harry S. Truman^[7].
• General Services Administration's logo image is recorded as US-GeneralServicesAdministration-Logo.svg^[8].
• General Services Administration's seal image is recorded as US-GeneralServicesAdministration-Seal-Alt.svg^[9].
• General Services Administration's headquarters location is recorded as United States General Services Administration Building^[10].
• General Services Administration's ISNI is recorded as 000000012253962X^[11].
• General Services Administration's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128127374^[12].
• General Services Administration's GND ID is recorded as 35634-7^[13].
• General Services Administration's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79034818^[14].
• General Services Administration's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500245675^[15].
• General Services Administration's IdRef ID is recorded as 27647290X^[16].
• General Services Administration's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA05134208^[17].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of Inspector General, U.S. General Services Administration^[18].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as Public Buildings Service^[19].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of Governmentwide Policy^[20].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as Federal Acquisition Service^[21].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as Federal Acquisition Institute^[22].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as 18F^[23].
• General Services Administration's child organization or unit is recorded as Civilian Board of Contract Appeals^[24].
• General Services Administration's Commons category is recorded as General Services Administration, United States^[25].
• General Services Administration's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35568089^[26].
• General Services Administration's foundational text is recorded as Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949^[27].

Body

Founding

General Services Administration's founder is recorded as Harry S. Truman^[7]. +1949-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

General Services Administration's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[29]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GSA'}^[30].

Operations

General Services Administration's headquarters location is recorded as United States General Services Administration Building^[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Government of the United States^[31]. Subsidiaries include Office of Inspector General, U.S. It^[18], an office of the inspector general of United States federal agency^[32], in United States^[33]; Public Buildings Service^[19], a government agency^[34], in United States^[35]; Office of Governmentwide Policy^[20], a government agency^[36], in United States^[37]; Federal Acquisition Service^[21]; Federal Acquisition Institute^[22], a government agency^[38], in United States^[39]; and 18F^[23], a government agency^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 2014^[42], headquartered in United States General Services Administration Building^[43].

Why It Matters

General Services Administration draws 426 Wikipedia views per month (independent_agency_of_the_united_states_government category, ranking #16 of 59).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]