Doing Business with the General Services Administration

1800 F St. NW , Washington, DC 20405 (202) 501-0800www.gsa.govJuly 1, 1949Stephen PerryAbout 14,0002001 budget: $18.1 billion2002 budget: $19.1 billion2003 request: $18.9 billionFiscal 2002,$455 million*Fiscal 2003,$460 million**Fiscal 2004,$505.1 million**Fiscal 2005,$561.9 million**Fiscal 2006,$631.9 million**Fiscal 2007,$711.7 million***Government forecast**Input forecastSource: Input The General Services Administration may be the world's biggest office manager. It supports federal employees with the tools and facilities they need to do their jobs, everything from workspace to furniture to equipment to computers. It also provides travel and transportation services, manages the federal motor vehicle fleet, oversees telecommuting centers and federal child care centers, preserves historic buildings and manages a fine arts program.Eleven regional offices throughout the country. Operates the Federal Consumer Information Center and FirstGov (www.firstgov.gov), the official U.S. government Web portal that offers access to information on federal, state, local and international government. XXXSPLITXXX- October 2000 Walpole, Mass. Arlington, Va. Married to Jeuli Bartenstein"I'm a life-long, aging soccer player." The position he plays depends on the age of his fellow players for a particular game."Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life" by Jon Kabat-Zinn Bachelor of science degree from Boston University, master's degree in public administration from Northeastern University, master's of science degree in information resources management from Syracuse University. I'd start with issues around performance measures. As an agency with new leadership, we're quite focused on setting goals and performance measures to gauge our achievement. With establishment of those and efforts to track them over time, there is a need for data we can put into information systems that allow us to do that well.High on this list is IT security, including aspects of that that have to do with continuity and with the aspects of post 9-11 ... making sure our systems are totally secure, how we would restore operations capability under any imaginable circumstance.I would say a proposal that is responsive to the requirements we've expressed as we seek services from competitive contractors. ... I guess the word would be rapport, and by that I mean many of the things we do, we do with a collection of federal employees that work for me, for others in GSA, for contractors. ... We need a spirit of collaboration and an ability to work together.I see them extending more toward the customer so that we're leading five of the 24 e-gov initiatives, and they are by design customer-centric. ... Our interest is to use technology to improve what the customer experiences. XXXSPLITXXX-$250 millionJuly Information assurance and security services including critical infrastructure assessment, risk management, continuity and contingency planning, and infrastructure protection.Twenty-seven companies won a spot on the first Safeguard contract. The recompete also will be a multiple-award contract.Not availableJuneThe Indian Health Service wants management systems at five of its largest facilities: Hopi Healthcare Center, Whiteriver Hospital, San Carlos Hospital, Parker Hospital and Phoenix Indian Medical Center, all in Arizona. The facilities serve 105,000 Native Americans.None listed.Not availableJuneA repository system will allow software developers and users easy access to existing pertinent logical and physical metadata required to more rapidly develop software while ensuring that the developers are following all data standardization compliance requirements.None listed.Not availableLate May; award expected in JulyGSA wants to open two telework centers in Montgomery County, Md. The contractor will provide the facility and all necessary management, supervision, personnel, equipment, and supplies.None listed.Source: Input