GSA provides common strategies to improve the value and delivery of electronic services to businesses and government constituents.

GSA provides subject matter expertise and thought leadership to:

• Guide and influence the strategic direction of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) program;
• Facilitate governmentwide consensus building on IT architecture issues;
• Serve as a governmentwide champion for common tools, processes and best practices to achieve FEA objectives and advance the President's Management Agenda;
• Influence the development of appropriate international standards to reflect U.S. government needs, and promote their policy-level implementation with appropriate organizations and governance bodies such as the Office of Management and Budget and the Architecture and Infrastructure Committee of the Chief Information Officers Council; and 
• Ensure alignment of governmentwide policy with the evolving needs of the FEA.

DOT GOV

Jurisdiction of the Internet gov domain (.gov) was delegated to GSA in 1997 by the Federal Networking Council.  Final Rule 41 CFR Part 102-173 provides the policy for federal, state and local governments and Native Sovereign Nations to register their domain names.  This registration process assures that the assigned domain names are unique worldwide.  The Rule became effective March 28, 2003. 

GSA is charged as the Policy Administrator for the federal government and gives consistent and efficient application of the Final Rule Policy.  All policy exceptions are resolved by GSA.

DOT GOV is operated and maintained by GSA's Federal Technology Service.  Information about domain name registration may be found at www.dotgov.gov.

Telecommunications Policy

The Federal Government Telecommunications Policy (FMR 101-35) is being updated from the Federal Property Management Regulation to the Federal Management Regulation.  The policy is being updated and rewritten to include new technology and billing practices.  The expiration of the Brooks Act requires new actions for agencies in respect to how they choose telecommunications services.  The draft copies were reviewed by the IMC Telecommunications Committee.