ORIGINATOR:
Department/Agency Name: General Services Administration (GSA)
Major Organizational Subdivision: Information Technology
Service
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Office of GSA-Wide Information
Technology
Name of Unit: Center for GSA-Wide IT Systems Planning and
Management
ABSTRACT: GSA's GILS describes the information
that is created and maintained by GSA and shows how to obtain it.
The information is used by GSA to accomplish its legally mandated
mission. GSA was established on July 1, 1949, to provide a
wide variety of management and related services for the Federal
Government. The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (63 Stat. 379), which created GSA, stemmed from
recommendations contained in the first Hoover Commission report
and other studies aimed at bringing about improvements and
economies in management practices. The Act consolidated
functions formerly assigned to various agencies including
personal property management, real property management, records
management, transportation and public utilities
management, and procurement and management of the stockpile of
strategic and critical materials. Later, additional and related
programs were assigned to GSA, such as management of Federal
information technology (to include automated data processing and
telecommunications), expansion of productive capacity and
production and supply of materials and facilities necessary for
national defense, motor vehicle management, representation of
Government agencies in proceedings before Federal and State
regulatory bodies, and the operation of Presidential libraries.
Certain programs also were transferred from GSA to other
agencies. Records management was transferred to the newly
established National Archives and Records Administration by
Public Law 98-497 on April 1, 1985, and the management of the
National Defense Stockpile to the Department of Defense by
Executive Order on July 3, 1988.
GSA is organized into services, staff offices, and the Office of
the Inspector General and the GSA Board of Contract Appeals,
reporting to the Administrator of GSA. The services carry out
program operations, and the staff offices
provide staff services.
The services are: Federal Supply Service (FSS), Information
Technology Service (ITS), Public Buildings Service (PBS), and
Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS). The Central Office,
GSA, is located in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. GSA's
regional offices are established in 11 cities
throughout the United States on a geographical jurisdiction
basis.
Because of its diverse mission and responsibilities, GSA's
information resources are of interest to three distinct
audiences: Federal Agencies, private sector firms and
contractors, and the general public. GSA is the
business manager and agent for other Federal agencies and serves
as purchasing agent, logistics and supply executive, telephone
company, office automation expert, security manager, travel
agent, office space landlord and developer, real estate rental
and sales agent, sales manager for used goods, and much,
much more. GSA information sources for Federal agencies tell
about goods or services GSA provides. Sources for businesses
tell how to become a supplier of goods and services to GSA and
other Federal agencies. Sources for the public explain how GSA
sells cars, old computers, houses, and other items or
how to use GSA's public programs.
GSA's GILS is like a library card catalog. It describes
information created and used by GSA and how to get it. GSA's
information sources include: GSA's information dissemination
products such as pamphlets, catalogs, bulletin board
systems, and GSA's home page on the World Wide Web and internet:
GSA's automated information systems which provide critical
support to GSA's missions and functions, and GSA's Privacy Act
Systems. Some of the GILS records may point to or be
electronically linked to other records for additional
information. GSA's GILS will continuously be enhanced to improve
the quality and availability of its information.
Begin Date: 1995
End Date:
AVAILABILITY:
Distributor:
Distributor Name: Office of GSA-Wide Information Technology
(KG)
Distributor Organization: General Services Administration
(GSA)
Distributor Street Address:18th and F Streets NW
Distributor City: Washington
Distributor State: DC
Distributor Zip Code: 20405
Distributor Country: USA
Distributor Network Address:
Distributor Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Distributor Telephone: 202-219-3062
Distributor Fax:
Resource Description:
Order Process:
Order Information: GILS information is available in hardcopy or
via the Internet.
Requests for printouts of GILS information should be submitted by
telephone or in
writing to the address or telephone number shown in the
distributor fields. Requests
for the information described in GILS should be submitted to the
Distributors
shown in the GILS record for the information resource.
Cost:
Cost Information: Access to GILS via Internet is free of charge.
Costs for paper copies,
if any, will be determined on a case by case basis based on the
specific request
requirements.
Technical Prerequisites: Appropriate internetworking
software.
Available Time Period:
Time Period Structured:
Time Period Textual:
Available Linkage: http://www.gsa.gov/gils, or
Z39_GILS@159.142.165.89:210 or
"search://159.142.165.89:210//opt/wais/indexes/Z39_GILS"
Available Linkage Type: text/html
SOURCES OF DATA: Services and Staff Offices
within GSA.
ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
General Access Constraints: None to GSA GILS
information resources. There may be
access restrictions to information systems containing Privacy
Act, procurement, or
financial sensitive data.
Documentation:
Originator Disseminator Control:
Security Classification Control:
USE CONSTRAINTS: None to GSA GILS information
resources. There
may be use
restrictions to information systems containing Privacy Act,
procurement, or financial
sensitive data.
POINT OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Name: Office of GSA-Wide Information Technology
Contact Organization: GSA Information Technology Service
Contact Street Address: 18th and F Streets NW
Contact City: Washington
Contact State: DC
Contact Zip Code: 20405
Contact Country: USA
Contact Network Address:
Contact Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Contact Telephone: 202-219-3062
Contact Fax:
PURPOSE: GILS was created to provide the public,
private sector
businesses, and
other government agencies easily accessible descriptions of GSA's
information
holdings and how to obtain access to them.
AGENCY PROGRAM: GILS was implemented in support
of GSA's
information
resources management functions, pursuant to the requirements of
the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
SCHEDULE NUMBER:
CONTROL IDENTIFIER: GSAX000
RECORD SOURCE
Department/Agency Name: General Services Administration (GSA)
Major Organizational Subdivision: Information Technology Service
(ITS)
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Office of GSA-Wide Information
Technology (IT)
Name of Unit: Center for GSA-Wide IT Systems Planning and
Management
DATE OF LAST MODIFICATION: 19951215
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
System Products Disposition:
LOCAL SUBJECT INDEX:
Local Subject Term: U.S. Federal GILS
Questions or comments regarding this service? Contact the GPO Access User Support Team
by Internet e-mail at gpoaccess@gpo.gov; by telephone at 202-512-1530; or by fax at 202-512-1262.
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