GSA’s centralization push is a return to its roots, not just a Trump priority
"Going back to [GSA's] founding principles is really important to understanding where [we are] and what we’re doing,” says Laura Stanton, acting commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.
ByNick Wakeman,
Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology
June 25, 2026 02:41 PM ET
The General Services Administration's acting acquisition chief says the consolidation drive mirrors the founding mission laid out by the Hoover Commission 77 years ago.
The General Services Administration’s push to centralize government buying is as much a return to its roots as it is a Trump administration initiative, according to one of the leading architects of the consolidation.
Laura Stanton, acting commissioner for GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, gave a bit of a history lesson during remarks at the GovExec-produced SAP NOW event on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. GSA started in 1949 as part of a series of recommendations from the Hoover Commission.
“The reasons we were founded as...
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