About Kathleen Turco
Kathleen M. Turco was selected as the Associate Administrator for Government-wide Policy (OGP) for the General Services Administration (GSA) on May 3, 2010. Under her leadership, OGP is fostering increased transparency in government and improvements in public access to policy information. She oversees the development of administrative policies for both GSA as well as the federal government in multiple functional areas including: acquisition and federal contracting policy via the Federal Acquisition Regulations; real and personal property asset management via the Federal Management Regulations; federal high-performance green buildings; travel and transportation management via the Federal Travel Regulations; regulatory information; and the management and support of Federal advisory committees. Additionally, OGP provides critical leadership and support on meeting Administration priorities — including GSA’s sustainability goals, achieving improved customer intimacy, innovation, and operational excellence.
Ms. Turco served as the GSA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from August 2002 to May 2010. As the agency’s CFO, she provided the executive leadership and direction in administering the GSA’s Performance Management Process including the agency-wide strategic planning, performance budgeting, financial management shared services provider, and the core financial management system and was principal advisor on financial policies governing the $17 billion in financial activity. Ms. Turco came to GSA from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) where she served as the CIO’s Director of Financial Policy, Planning, and as the IRS’ Deputy CFO for Strategic Planning and Budgeting. Prior to IRS, Ms. Turco was an examiner at the OMB for 10 years. Ms. Turco was the recipient of the 2008 Donald L. Scantlebury Memorial Award for Distinguished Leadership in Financial Management Improvement and the 2006 Presidential Rank Award as a meritorious executive.
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