General Services Administration
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnərəl ˈsɜrvɪsɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/
- US
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Administración de Servicios Generales
- The General Services Administration (administrators for all US government agencies) has announced that each new border station will be unique and site-specific, built by architectural firms bidding in open design competitions.
- General Services Administration administrator
Examples
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Working closely with the GPO, the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies develops websites and apps to help connect information offered by the federal government to citizens.
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However, not until 1976 did the General Services Administration, the body tasked with enforcement, conduct a compliance review of the industry (US Commission on Civil Rights, Behind the Scenes 38).
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In this case, former President Nixon challenged a law that gave the Administrator of General Services the power to seize and sort his presidential papers and tape recordings.
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Kostin, who serves as the Director of the Digital Services Innovation Center in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the U.S. General Services Administration, responded by putting at least some of the onus on Congress:
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United States Government Manual: Call the Federal Information Center of the General Services Administration at (202) 755-8660 to find the names of experts in any field.
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According to the General Services Administration, which jointly oversees the FAR rules with the Department of Defense and NASA, the RFP/negotiation method of procurement may be warranted under any of the following conditions:
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Over the course of his seven-year career at New South Associates, Mr. Sullivan has worked on a number of architectural and historic resource surveys throughout the eastern United States for clients that include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the General Services Administration, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and the National Park Service, among others.
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Schroeder's article, drawn on research in the archives of the General Services Administration's Art in Architecture Program, identifies the piece as Spirit of the Earth, installed at Otay Mesa in 1994.
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Not the only government procurement vehicle, but an essential starting point for small businesses, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) establishes the largest government-wide contracts under its GSA Schedules Program.
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The General Services Administration is responsible for managing government buildings and overseeing federal purchases.
Synonyms
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A United States government agency that buys goods and manages federal buildings and information services
Surface Forms
Morphology
general + services + administration
The phrase is compositionally built from 'general' + 'services' + 'administration' and an average B1 learner who knows these words can infer it refers to an administrative body that manages or provides general services. Although it is a specific U.S. government agency, the structure and meaning are predictable from the constituents and have clear cross‑linguistic parallels, so the sense is readily derivable.
Etymology
General Services Administration comes from its parts: General meaning 'for many different things', Services meaning 'help or support', and Administration meaning 'management'. It was set up to do the buying, run federal buildings, and give support to other government offices, so the name explains why it now manages government property and services.