general services administration
General Services Administration. The independent federal agency that constructs and operates buildings; manages government property and records; procures and distributes supplies; and provides management services in communications, traffic, and automatic data processing. • Its Office of Enterprise Development assists small businesses in dealing with the agency through GSA’s 12 regional offices. The agency was created by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. 40 USCA § 751. — Abbr. GSA.