GSA unifies tech groups into single service

Three technology groups at the General Services Administration are being combined to offer agencies a one-stop shop for building and buying IT.

The reorganization joins the 18F innovation shop with the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT) and the Presidential Innovation Fellows program to create the Technology Transformation Service. The new entity is in the mold of the Federal Acquisition Service and the Public Buildings Service — two organizational pillars at GSA.

“This new service will provide both the foundation for our government’s digital transformation and also partner with other agencies to assist them in their own attempts to transform,” GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth said in a May 3 blog post announcing the reorganization.

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