GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst Marks First 100 Days with Progress on Key Goals
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is pleased to highlight the milestone accomplishments of Administrator Edward C. Forst’s first 100 days at the helm. Under his leadership, GSA is leading the way as responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars, delivering the highest value, savings, and innovation to our partner agencies and the American people.
On Administrator Forst’s first day, he launched Project 410, inspired by the build and completion of New York’s Empire State Building in 1928 in just 410 days. This initiative is bringing a mindset of speed and agility to define GSA’s culture. We are reevaluating our processes, adopting new technology, implementing intelligent risk management, and removing barriers to success.
“Since taking the oath of office to become GSA’s Administrator, I’ve seen firsthand how our world-class team executes for our partner agencies and the American people,” said GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst. “In just 100 days we’ve made tremendous strides delivering on President Trump’s priorities of fortifying the federal real estate portfolio and delivering seamless acquisition services on critical programs and emerging technologies.”
Some of the major milestone accomplishments in Administrator Forst’s first 100 days include:
Real Estate
- Accelerated property disposals, including:
- Completed sale of GSA’s former regional office building in Washington, D.C. in 60 days from contract to close, and projected to save $200 million in delinquent maintenance and $5.5 million in annual operating and maintenance costs.
- Announced the disposal of USDA’s underutilized Ag South property with a projected $1.6 billion in savings.
- Relocation of the Department of Education and Department of Energy’s headquarters.
- Additional property sales in Texas, California, and across America, saving taxpayers millions in delinquent maintenance.
- Opened a new courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama on time and under budget - resulting in $7 million in savings.
- Progress on critical construction projects, saving $117 million with the proposed new Chattanooga Courthouse and providing critical border security for Americans through project milestones for the Coburn Gore, San Luis I, and Richford land ports of entry.
- Delivered on Congress’ mandated USE IT act data to provide transparency and drive strategic housing solutions that reduce underutilized property and save taxpayers money.
Procurement and Acquisition Reform
- Announced the full implementation of Transactional Data Reporting, projected to avoid $50 million in total annual costs.
- Made significant advances with the revolutionary FAR Overhaul, saving time by reducing the FAR by 484 pages, removing 114 provisions and clauses, and removing 2,724 ‘must-do’ statements.
- Continued OneGov momentum by adding Broadcom, Cohesity, and expanding Uber deals, reducing costs with discounts up to 90% off and simplifying acquisitions.
- Supported procurement consolidation and federal IT modernization through the phase 1 awards of the Alliant 3 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC).
Technology and Innovation
- Achieved a milestone of over 500 FedRAMP cloud service authorizations, paving the way to expand the marketplace to thousands via the streamlined 20x certification process to deliver modern secure cloud services to our agency customers.
- Advanced the White House’s America’s AI Action Plan by expanding USAi, a secure generative artificial intelligence evaluation suite that enables federal agencies to experiment with and adopt artificial intelligence at scale.
- Partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to improve how the federal government uses, tests, and evaluates AI models and services. This effort builds on the strong foundation of NIST’s AI governance work, initially funded by the Technology Modernization Fund.
- Accelerated adoption of Login.gov to now more than 700 participating government applications, including the launch of enhanced identity verification on Medicare.gov to streamline access for beneficiaries, tighten account security, and reduce fraud.
Under Administrator Forst’s leadership, GSA is leading the way to a more effective, efficient government. For more information, please visit GSA’s newsroom.
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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 $126 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.
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