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Shelton to Head GSA's Federal Acquisition ServiceGSA #10168 June 22, 2005 Washington, D.C. – Stephen A. Perry, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), today announced that, effective immediately, Barbara L. Shelton will serve as Acting Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). Ms. Shelton will assume this role in the Office of the Administrator pending the establishment of the new Federal Acquisition Service organization in the near future. As previously announced, the new FAS organization will result from the consolidation of GSA’s existing Federal Technology Service (FTS) and Federal Supply Service (FSS) organizations. GSA released the draft organization design of FAS on June 2, 2005. Since that time, GSA has continued to consider input from Federal agency acquisition and technology leaders, GSA associates and representatives from industry regarding the new organization’s design. Ms. Shelton will have responsibility for leading the work remaining to complete the organization design and establishing the new FAS organization. In addition, she will provide oversight for managing the day-to-day operations of the existing FTS and FSS organizations. Perry added that, “Barbara has been a key leader of the team that has worked to develop the draft plan for the very challenging task of consolidating FTS and FSS into FAS. Through her leadership and expertise, she has contributed significantly to the effort to develop an FAS organization which will meet the key objectives to:
Ms. Shelton has been Acting FTS Commissioner since February 11, 2005. She was tapped for this position after 3 years as GSA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator, where she managed the operations of FTS, FSS and Public Buildings Service (PBS) for the 7-state Region. Prior to her service with GSA, Ms. Shelton served as Deputy Secretary for Administration in Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry, and as Deputy Secretary for Procurement in the state’s Department of General Services. She also served as an Information Technology Consultant at Philip Morris in her private sector career. Ms. Shelton said that, “I look forward to continuing my work with Administrator Perry, GSA’s management team, and our many talented associates. We are focused on completing the design of the new FAS organization, and we are strongly committed to developing competent and engaged FAS professionals who deliver consistently positive and compliant acquisition experiences for our customers.” GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management and policy agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. GSA acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies and services. It also plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies. GSA’s 13,000 associates provide services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers in more than 8,000 buildings the government owns and leases in 2,000 U.S. communities.
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