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March 2022

  • It Takes a Village: Supporting equitable access to the Child Tax Credit

    | Technology Transformation Services
    When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law just one year ago, he increased the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to...
  • GSA is building a new U.S. Courthouse in Iowa with sustainability in mind

    | GSA Blog Team
    GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan recently visited Des Moines, Iowa, where GSA is building an all-electric courthouse. These all-electric buildings support the Biden-Harris Administration’s strategy to...
  • Sunshine Week: How GSA Supports Open Government Principles

    | GSA Blog Team
    Sunshine Week (March 13-19, 2022) celebrates the Government in the Sunshine Act, which promotes greater transparency in government activities. Our mission at GSA is to deliver effective and efficient...
  • Policy in Practice: How GSA Supports Caregiving and Working Moms in Its Public Buildings

    | Adrienne Ruth, Communications Specialist and Former Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse Building Manager
    Women’s History Month dates back to the 1850s when female factory workers in New York City staged protests over poor working conditions. In 1901, its place in history was solidified when the first Wom...
  • How GSA Supports Women Small Business Entrepreneurs

    | U.S. GSA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
    As we celebrate Women's History Month, we recognize the contributions of women who have shaped our nation's history. Women-owned businesses have become one of the faster growing segments of the small...
  • Building Better Requirements Together at FAST2022

    | Erv Koehler, Assistant Commissioner, GSA FAS Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
    ‘Leading category management practitioners say that agencies could save billions of additional dollars if they focused more on how agencies define requirements,’ GAO-21-40. Challenge accepted! Here at...
  • Achieve Zero Trust Capabilities Using These Cloud Identity Adoption Best Practices

    | Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division, GSA OGP
    Foundational to the security of both on-premises and cloud environments, an identity-based process like identity proofing or authentication is the first touchpoint to access data and impacts user expe...
  • Five Women Artists Who Shaped Public Art

    | GSA Fine Arts Specialists Kelsey Gustin, Nick Hartigan, and Kerry Rose.
    In recognition of the many talented women who have shaped public art and broken barriers in the art field, the General Services Administration (GSA) is excited to highlight five artists in the GSA Fin...
  • Public art for, by, and of the people

    | GSA Blog Team
    “I have enormous belief in the human spirit and in people, regardless of what the world is like right now. I want to make people smile, I want to make people laugh, and I want to introduce to people t...