A new report from the Congressional Research Service says
it’s not “readily apparent” how the regional design structure
of the General Service Administration’s planned Federal
Acquisition Service would function.
The Federal Acquisition Service is intended to consolidate
the management and acquisition functions formerly provided
by GSA’s Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology
Service.
“While GSA’s plan sets forth detailed organizational charts,
some questions remain as to the actual implementation of the
agency’s reorganization,” according to the CRS report.
It said that while GSA’s Federal Buildings Service will
continue to operate with 11 existing GSA regions, the Federal
Acquisition Service will be split into six zones within the
11 regions, and that GSA officials “arguably” need to clarify
the reporting authorities and responsibilities between the
FAS commissioner and the zones and regions.
In the August plan, the chief acquisition officer is no longer
designated to oversee FAS’s acquisition management division as
he was in the earlier draft proposal, which raises a question
as to his role in acquisition oversight within FAS, noted the
report.
