President Bush to Designate Williams as Acting GSA Administrator

The White House appear today that President Bush intends to baptize Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner James A. Williams as Acting Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), able Aug. 30, 2008.

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 20, 2008 -- The White House appear today that President Bush intends to baptize Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner James A. Williams as Acting Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), able Aug. 30, 2008.

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I am both accustomed and ashamed by this appointment Leading GSA during this aeon of alteration is an agitative opportunity, and I attending advanced to teaming with our above workforce on key advancing initiatives and advancing for the next administration. Williams will accomplish Acting Administrator David Bibb, who is backward August 29, 2008 afterwards 37 years in federal noncombatant service.

"I am both accustomed and ashamed by this appointment," Williams said. "Leading GSA during this aeon of alteration is an agitative opportunity, and I attending advanced to teaming with our above workforce on key advancing initiatives and advancing for the next administration."

Williams, who has 28 years in the federal noncombatant service, 17 of those years as a chief executive, was nominated to be GSA Administrator on June 25, 2008. Mr. Williams' choice awaits Senate confirmation.

Williams became FAS Commissioner on June 25, 2006. In this capacity, he provides cardinal direction, achievement administration and administration for able and able affairs beheading all-important to accommodate the best amount for the government and for taxpayers, proactive chump abetment and simplified procedures.

Prior to his accepted assignment, Williams served as the Director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, he served in several controlling administration positions at the Internal Revenue Service, including Deputy Associate Commissioner for Program Management, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for accretion and after as Director of Procurement at the IRS.

Earlier in his career, Williams was Director of the Local Telecommunications Procurement Division at GSA, area he was amenable for all civic bounded telecommunications purchases for the agency.

A built-in of Virginia, Williams holds a bachelor's amount in business administering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1979 and a master's in business administering from The George Washington University in 1986.

GSA provides a centralized accumulation arrangement of articles and casework to the federal government, leveraging its astronomic affairs ability to get the best amount for taxpayers.
 

Founded in 1949, GSA manages added than division of the government's absolute accretion dollars and influences the administration of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or busy barrio and 208,000 vehicles. GSA helps bottle our accomplished and ascertain our future, as a abettor of added than 420 celebrated properties, and as administrator of USA.gov, the official aperture to federal government advice and services. GSA's mission to accommodate above workplaces, able technology solutions, accretion services, purchasing and E-Gov biking solutions and administration policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their amount missions.Did You Know? USA.gov was called by Time annual as One of 25 Sites You Can Not Live Without.

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Mike Collins/202.208.4220
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