National Payroll Branch

GSA's National Payroll Branch (NPB) provides a number of administrative tools for client agencies and employees. GSA has been a cross-service provider of payroll services for over 30 years. It provides a full range of payroll services for over 27,000 employees, which includes GSA and more than 30 independent agencies or presidential commissions.

GSA has experience in serving agencies with quasi-government employees and has the ability to handle unique payroll conditions, based on client-agency charters. It has been recognized as a leader in using innovative systems that timely implements legislatively and regulatory directed employee benefit programs.

GSA's payroll services include processing of all transactions affecting an employee's entire service life--from initial hire through final payment at separation and submission of retirement records to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). GSA also provides customers with quick, accurate, and real-time information regarding their pay accounts. Employees of client agencies even have the choice of viewing their Electronic Pay and Leave Statement though Employee Express (EEX).

GSA is one of four ePayroll providers for the Federal Government which is the Compensation Management component of the Human Resources Line of Business (HR LOB) initiative. GSA participates in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) governance which focuses on ensuring human resource and payroll policy and procedures are standardized and easy to understand and administer.  GSA is an active member of the HRLOB Shared Service Center Advisory Council (SSCAC) and the OPM and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Multi-Agency Executive Strategy Commitee (MAESC) that helps guide the HR LOB process across the Federal government.  As part of the HR LOB, GSA participates in various studies and initiatives with the goal of continuous improvement in Federal payroll processing.  In addition, GSA is helping to shape Benchmarking, Performance Measure and Provider Assessment tools, which will be used to evaluate payroll providers.

AGENCIES SERVED BY GSA NPB

  • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • Appraisal Subcommittee/Federal Financial Institutions Exam Council
  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
  • Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
  • Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
  • Committee For Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled
  • Delta Regional Authority Commission
  • District of Columbia - Court of Appeals
  • District of Columbia - Courts System
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
  • Export/Import Bank of the United States
  • General Services Administration
  • Japan/U.S. Friendship Commission
  • John C. Stennis Center for Public Service
  • John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
  • Marine Mammal Commission
  • Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
  • Morris K. Udall Scholarship & Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation
  • National Archives & Records Administration
  • National Council on Disability
  • National Credit Union Administration
  • National Mediation Board
  • Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
  • Office of Personnel Management
  • Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.
  • Public Interest Declassification Board
  • Railroad Retirement Board
  • Recovery Act Accountablity and Transparency Board
  • Senate Restaurant Association
  • State Justice Institute.
  • Superior Courts of the District of Columbia
  • U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission
  • U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • U.S. Institute of Peace
  • U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Vietnam Education Foundation
  • WMD Commission
Last Reviewed 8/25/2009