General Services Administration

The **General Services Administration** (**GSA**) is an  independent agency of the United States government. It was created in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies.

GSA gives products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks.

## List of administrators

|Name|Term start|Term end|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Jess Larson|July 3, 1949|January 29, 1953|
|Russell Forbe (Acting)|February 10, 1953|May 1, 1953|
|Edmund F. Mansure|May 2, 1953|February 29, 1956|
|Franklin G. Floete|May 3, 1956|January 20, 1961|
|John Moore|February 7, 1961|November 25, 1961|
|Bernard L. Boutin|November 27, 1961|November 30, 1964|
|Lawson B. Knott Jr.|December 1, 1965|February 28, 1969|
|Robert Lowe Kunzig|March 17, 1969|January 14, 1972|
|Rod Kreger (Acting)|January 17, 1972|June 1, 1972|
|Arthur F. Sampson|June 2, 1972|October 15, 1975|
|Jack Eckerd|November 21, 1975|February 11, 1977|
|Robert Griffin (Acting)|February 15, 1977|April 29, 1977|
|Jay Solomon|April 30, 1977|March 31, 1979|
|Paul Goulding (Acting)|April 1, 1979|June 29, 1979|
|Rowland G. Freeman III|July 2, 1979|January 14, 1981|
|Raymond Adam Kline (Acting)|January 15, 1981|May 25, 1981|
|Gerald P. Carmen|May 26, 1981|February 29, 1984|
|Raymond Adam Kline (Acting)|March 1, 1984|March 3, 1985|
|Dwight Ink (Acting)|March 4, 1985|June 28, 1985|
|Terence Golden|June 29, 1985|March 18, 1988|
|Paul Trause (Acting)|March 19, 1988|March 31, 1988|
|John Alderson (Acting)|April 1, 1988|September 26, 1988|
|Richard Austin|September 27, 1988|January 20, 1993|
|Robert Jones (Acting)|January 20, 1993|February 3, 1993|
|Dennis Fischer (Acting)|February 4, 1993|June 13, 1993|
|Julia Stasch (Acting)|June 13, 1993|July 7, 1993|
|Roger Johnson|July 8, 1993|February 29, 1996|
|David J. Barram|March 4, 1996|December 15, 2000|
|Thurman Davis (Acting)|December 16, 2000|May 30, 2001|
|Stephen A. Perry|May 31, 2001|October 31, 2005|
|David Bibb (Acting)|November 1, 2005|May 30, 2006|
|Lurita A. Doan|May 31, 2006|April 30, 2008|
|David Bibb (Acting)|May 1, 2008|August 29, 2008|
|James A. Williams (Acting)|August 30, 2008|January 20, 2009|
|Paul F. Prouty (Acting)|January 20, 2009|December 21, 2009|
|Stephen R. Leeds (Acting)|December 22, 2009|February 6, 2010|
|Martha N. Johnson|February 7, 2010|April 2, 2012|
|Daniel M. Tangherlini (Acting)|April 3, 2012|July 4, 2013|
|Daniel M. Tangherlini|July 5, 2013|February 21, 2015|
|Denise Turner Roth (Acting)|February 22, 2015|August 6, 2015|
|Denise Turner Roth|August 7, 2015|January 20, 2017|
|Tim Horne (Acting)|January 20, 2017|December 11, 2017|
|Emily W. Murphy|December 12, 2017|January 15, 2021|
|Alison Brigatti (Acting)|January 15, 2021|January 20, 2021|
|Katy Kale (Acting)|January 20, 2021|July 2, 2021|
|Robin Carnahan|July 2, 2021|January 20, 2025|
|Stephen Ehikian (acting)|January 20, 2025|_Incumbent_|

## Infobox (government agency)

- **agency name**: General Services Administration
- **picture**: Flag_of_the_General_Services_Administration_(1973–1989).svg
- **picture caption**: Flag of the General Services Administration
- **logo**: US-GeneralServicesAdministration-Logo.svg
- **logo caption**: Logo of the General Services Administration
- **seal**: Seal of the General Services Administration.svg
- **seal caption**: Seal of the General Services Administration
- **headquarters**: United States General Services Administration Building, GSA Building
1800 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.
- **employees**: 11,137 (FY 2018)
- **budget**: $33.6 billion
- **chief1 name**: Stephen Ehikian
- **chief1 position**: Acting Administrator
- **chief2 name**: _Vacant_
- **chief2 position**: Deputy Administrator
- **child1 agency**: Public Buildings Service
- **child2 agency**: Federal Acquisition Service
- **child4 agency**: Staff Offices (12)
- **child5 agency**: Independent Offices (2)