January 20, 2026

Administrator Ed Forst Marks First Year Under President Trump's Leadership

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is celebrating one year of unprecedented results and a fundamental transformation under President Trump’s second administration. By executing President Trump’s priorities, GSA has delivered historic reforms, redefining federal government operations, procurement, and service delivery to its federal partners and the American people. 

“Under President Trump’s leadership, we’re delivering on our promise to create a leaner, smarter, and more accountable government,” said GSA Administrator Ed Forst. “GSA is right-sizing our federal real estate portfolio, streamlining operations, and using the buying power of the United States government to get the best deals in procurement for American taxpayers.” Forst added, “The results speak for themselves.”

First-Year Accomplishments:

Delivering on Presidential Priorities

• Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement (March 20)
• America’s AI Action Plan (July 22)
• Improving Our Nation Through Better Design (August 21)
• Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again (August 28)

Real Estate Optimization

• Portfolio Reduction: Disposed of 90 properties, reducing portfolio by 3 million square feet and avoiding $415 million in capital repairs and operating expenses.
• Revenue Generation: Generated $182 million in proceeds from property sales.
• Lease Portfolio Reduction: Avoided $730 million through leasing negotiations and strategic reductions in the leased portfolio.
• Accelerated Disposition Planning: Identified 45 underutilized and/or costly properties owned by the American taxpayers to sell quickly. If successful, GSA would dispose of almost 15 million square feet which will save more than $3 billion in capital repairs and operating expenses.

Procurement and Acquisition Reform

• FAR Modernization: Completed comprehensive rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in partnership with OMB, DOD, and NASA, reducing by roughly one-quarter - eliminating 484 pages and 230,000 words.
• Mandate Reduction: Removed 114 provisions and clauses, along with 2,724 “shall” or “must-do” statements from the FAR.
• Cost Savings: Drove more than $60 billion in contract savings across the federal government since January 20, 2025.
• Contract Optimization: Canceled more than $500 million in unnecessary or underperforming contracts inside GSA and reduced the federal fleet by more than 1,000 vehicles.
• OneGov Strategy: Centralized acquisition of common commercial IT solutions, finalizing 23 separate agreements with major discounts, and rolling a new governmentwide travel management platform and rideshare program.
• Transparency: Expanded Transactional Data Reporting to increase government purchasing visibility.

Regulatory Reform and Efficiency

• Federal Management Regulation: Reduced by approximately 72%.
• Federal Travel Regulation: Streamlined by about 50%.
• Policy Cleanup: Removed 84 outdated policy bulletins from the Federal Register, eliminating nearly 200 pages.
• Small Business Relief: Reduced compliance burden on small businesses by 70%.
• Vendor Onboarding: Streamlined vendor registration from 30 days to same-day approval.
• Projected Savings: $900 million over the next decade through regulatory streamlining.

Technology and AI Leadership

• FedRAMP Transformation:
  • Eliminated the legacy Rev5 authorization backlog, reducing the final review time of new cloud services to under 30 days- a nearly 92% improvement rate.
  • Doubled the number of cloud service authorizations in one year since the program began.
  • Removed agency sponsorship requirement for cloud offerings under the new 20x authorization path.
• Scaling Login.gov:
  • Spearheaded the fight against the $200 billion annual government-wide improper payments problem, blocking thousands of daily identity verification attempts suspected of fraud.
  • Upgraded major partners to enhanced Identity Assurance Level 2 (IAL2) identity verification with biometric facial matching.
  • Added new forms of identity evidence saving users time and headaches with a single account to access government benefits and services.
• Integrated Award Environment Consolidation: Accelerated ahead of schedule, with over 52% of the systems’ functions now modernized and available on SAM.gov.
• USAi Platform: Developed comprehensive platform now supporting federal AI deployment and testing.

As GSA continues to make progress on President Trump’s vision of a leaner, smarter, and more accountable federal government, the momentum of these first year accomplishments sets the tone for a results-driven second term.  

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About GSA: GSA provides centralized procurement and shared services for the federal government. GSA manages a nationwide real estate portfolio of approximately 360 million rentable square feet, oversees more than $116 billion in products and services via federal contracts, and delivers technology services to millions of people across dozens of federal agencies. GSA’s mission is to deliver exceptional customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to the government and the American people. For more information, visit GSA.gov and follow us at @USGSA.