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The definitions in this glossary are simplified. Some are GSA-specific in their usage. None of the definitions take precedence over laws, legislation, regulations, contracts, or specific interpretations or rulings.
This glossary defines many commonly used terms and initialisms but isn’t a full list. To request changes to terms on this list, or to suggest new terms be added, email digitalteam@gsa.gov.
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A GSA program to carry out projects that relate to how technology can improve the public’s experience with the government. Federal employee suggest projects, which GSA manages and staffs to turn the best ideas into the best government products and services — funded with fewer taxpayer dollars.
An SBA program that helps provide a level playing field for small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged people or entities that meet the following eligibility requirements:
Be a small business
Not already have participated in the 8(a) program
Be at least 51 percent owned and controlled by U.S. citizens who are economically and socially disadvantaged
Be owned by someone whose personal net worth is $750,000 or less.
Be owned by someone whose average adjusted gross income for three years is $350,000 or less
Be owned by someone with $6 million or less in assets
Have the owner manage day-to-day operations and also make long-term decisions
Have all its principals demonstrate good character
Show potential for success and be able to perform successfully on contracts
In federally owned and leased locations, an agency’s rent covers the cost of core and shell (a building’s structure and common space amenities), and includes an allowance for tenant improvements to build out a space that meets their needs.
See a fact sheet about above standard TI.
A multiple-award IDIQ governmentwide acquisition contract offering complete and flexible IT solutions worldwide. A best-in-class GWAC and preferred governmentwide solution, Alliant 2 offers:
Artificial intelligence
Distributed ledger technology
Robotic process automation
Other types of emerging technologies
It provides best-value IT solutions to federal agencies, while strengthening chances in federal contracting for small businesses through subcontracting.
A dedicated, flexible fuel, or dual-fuel vehicle designed to operate on at least one alternative fuel.
B
An investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. The law provides funding for LPOE modernization projects that will create new good-paying jobs, bolster safety and security, and make our economy more resilient to supply chain challenges – all while serving as models for sustainability and innovation.
An agreement established by a government buyer with a Multiple Award Schedule contractor to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services.
The business practice of buying common goods and services as an enterprise to eliminate redundancies, increase efficiency, and deliver more value and savings from the government’s acquisition programs.
A national program helps us tackle the challenge of providing EVSE to the newly electrified federal fleet. The CEVI is working closely with other GSA partners to develop our strategy so federal agency customers can acquire and install EVSE and infrastructure at our facilities.
Negotiated firm-fixed pricing on airline seats for official government travel. The locked-in ticket prices for the fiscal year save federal agencies time and money. Federal employees enjoy flexibility to change their plans without incurring penalties or additional costs. All negotiated rates have:
Flexibility to book one-way, multi-leg, and round-trip tickets
Lenient refund policies
Ability to adjust or cancel flights at no additional cost
The initiative established under Presidential Policy Directive 40 that ensures that federal government departments and agencies are able to continue operation of their essential functions under a broad range of circumstances including all-hazard emergencies as well as natural, man-made, and technological threats and national security emergencies.
An employee who negotiates and awards contracts with vendors and who has the sole authority to change, alter or modify a contract.
A space where individuals work independently or co-work collaboratively in a shared office. The work environment is similar to a typical office, usually inclusive of office equipment and amenities. Typical features of co-working facilities include work spaces, wireless internet, communal printer/copier/fax, shared kitchens, restrooms and open seating areas. May also be referred to as a “shared office.”
A system that is bought from a commercial vendor to solve a particular problem, as opposed to one that a vendor custom builds.
An employee whose duties are to develop proper requirements and ensure contractors meet the commitments during contract administration, including the timeliness and delivery of quality goods and services as required by the contract.
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A request of GSA where a federal agency retains and manages all aspects of the procurement process and is able to work with the selected vendor after award.
The process of handling real property that is surplus to the federal government’s needs. Federal law mandates the disposal process, which has these major steps (although not every property goes through every step):
Reporting the property as excess
Federal transfer
Surplus property
Homeless conveyance
Public benefit conveyance
Negotiated sale to state or local government
Public sale
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An online tool at ebuy.gsa.gov designed to facilitate requests for submission of quotations for a wide range of commercial supplies and services under technology contracts and Multiple Award Schedule.
An SBA program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to businesses that meet the following eligibility requirements:
Meet all the requirements of the WOSB Federal Contract program
Be owned and controlled by one or more women, each with a personal net worth less than $850,000
Be owned and controlled by one or more women, each with $450,000 or less in adjusted gross income averaged over the previous three years
Be owned and controlled by one or more women, each $6.5 million or less in personal assets
An unobstructed path to leave buildings, structures, and spaces.
Also called electric vehicle chargers, this includes EV charge cords, charge stands, attachment plugs, vehicle connectors, and protection, which provide for the safe transfer of energy between the electric utility power and the electric vehicle.
A vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries or other portable electrical energy storage devices, as defined by 10 C.F.R. § 474.2. It includes a battery electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, a fuel-cell electric vehicle, etc.
A geometrical drawing that depicts one vertical plane of an object or structure; a particular side of a building.
A system at eoffer.gsa.gov that vendors can use to post their offers and modify them.
A designation a federal agency makes when it no longer needs a property to carry out its program responsibilities. The designation is achieved by completing and submitting Standard Form 118 Report of Excess Real Property. Learn more about our disposal process.
Official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the president of the United States manages the operations of the federal government.
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The front of a building or any face of a building given special architectural treatment.
The primary regulation for federal agencies to use when buying supplies and services with funds from Congress.
A GSA business line that helps federal agency customers buy products and services.
A federal agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for a safe and efficient aerospace system. Visit faa.gov for more.
A federal agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for helping people before, during and after disasters. Visit fema.gov for more.
A federal agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting U.S. Government critical infrastructure, services and people. Visit dhs.gov/federal-protective-service for more.
The travel and relocation policy for all federal civilian employees and others authorized to travel at government expense.
A program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a standardized approach to security and risk assessment.
Our fire protection and life safety program provides:
A safe and healthful workplace
Uninterrupted performance of essential services
Ways to limit federal government losses
Our facilities standards, P100, establish design standards and performance criteria for our Public Buildings Service.
A GSA business line that provides safe, reliable, low-cost vehicle solutions for federal agency customers and eligible entities. Offerings include:
Vehicle purchasing, leasing and short-term rentals
Vehicle disposal
Maintenance control and accident management
Loss prevention and fuel services
A fleet management system with detailed, accurate data
The federal program responsible for upholding the public’s right to access records from federal agencies that are not exempt from disclosure. Make a request at foia.gov.
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A Department of Homeland Security program that allows members to use expedited lanes at U.S. airports and when crossing international borders by air, land and sea.
A vehicle used to perform an agency’s mission(s), as authorized by the agency.
A charge card for certain U.S. Government employees to use when buying mission-related supplies or services using simplified acquisition procedures, when applicable, and when the total cost does not exceed micro-purchase thresholds.
A charge card for U.S. government personnel to use when paying for reimbursable expenses while on official travel. Visit smartpay.gsa.gov for more.
A pre-competed, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract that agencies can use to buy total IT solutions more efficiently and economically.
A ceremony marking the official start of a new construction project, typically involving driving shovels into ground at the site.
An online shopping and ordering system at gsaadvantage.gov that provides access for federal government employees and in some cases, state and local entities, to purchase from thousands of contractors offering millions of supplies and services.
An online auction site at gsaauctions.gov that allows the general public to bid on and buy excess federal personal property assets such as:
Office equipment
Furniture
Scientific equipment
Heavy machinery
Airplanes
Vessels
Vehicles
Real property for which GSA is responsible. It can be either federally owned or leased from a public or private property owner.
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An SBA program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to business that meet the following eligibility requirements:
Be a small business
Be at least 51 percent owned and controlled by U.S. citizens, a Community Development Corporation, an agricultural cooperative, a Native Hawaiian organization, or an Indian tribe
Have its principal office located in a HUBZone
Have at least 35 percent of its employees live in a HUBZone
GSA first considers transferring real property as a homeless conveyance if the real property is suitable for homeless use, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and before considering any other public benefit conveyance.
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A type of contract when the quantity of supplies or services, above a specified minimum, the government will require is not known. IDIQs help streamline the contract process and speed service delivery.
A fee paid by businesses who are awarded contracts under Multiple Award Schedule to cover GSA’s cost of operating the program. The fee is a fixed percentage of reported sales under MAS contracts that contractors pay within 30 calendar days following the completion of each quarter.
A law that provides $3.375 billion for us to:
Invest in federal buildings with low-carbon materials and sustainable technologies, making them more efficient, saving taxpayer dollars and creating opportunities for small businesses
Leverage emerging clean technologies to achieve greater carbon reductions and catalyze American innovation
Help boost the competitiveness of American manufacturers developing sustainable materials
This includes $2.15 billion for low embodied carbon materials in construction projects, $975 million to support emerging and sustainable technologies, and $250 million for measures to convert more buildings into High Performance Green Buildings.
A written agreement entered into between two federal agencies, or major organizational units within an agency, which specifies the goods to be furnished or tasks to be accomplished by one agency (the servicing agency) in support of the other (the requesting agency).
A federal agency of the Department of the Treasury responsible for tax administration. Visit irs.gov for more.
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A document used to record the rationale for allowing a contracting action without full and open competition.
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A facility, also known as a border station, that provides controlled entry into or departure from the United States for persons or materials. It houses the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal inspection agencies responsible for the enforcement of federal laws related to entering into or departing from the U.S.
A third-party rating system that certifies globally recognized standards for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings and neighborhoods. Learn how LEED works.
An employee who is responsible for preparing, negotiating, awarding and monitoring compliance of lease agreements.
Criteria used to select the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price. Solicitations must specify that award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.
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A written conditional agreement between GSA and other entities that establishes who is responsible for which obligations.
A written non-binding agreement between the GSA and other entities to document lines of authority or responsibility or to clarify cooperative procedures.
The rate of reimbursement for driving a privately owned vehicle when your agency authorizes it. Current rates are at gsa.gov/mileage.
Long-term governmentwide contracts with commercial firms providing federal, state, and local government buyers access to more than 11 million commercial products and services at volume discount pricing. Also called Schedules or Federal Supply Schedules.
An offering of innovative IT products, services, and solutions at the best prices. MAS IT is also known as IT Schedule 70.
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A GSA region that serves federal agency customers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
A federal agency of the Department of Commerce responsible for understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, sharing that knowledge and information with others, and conserving and managing coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.
A federal agency of the Department of Interior responsible for taking care of national parks, and natural and cultural resources. Visit nps.gov for more.
A sale of real property with a state or local government at appraised fair market value where the property will be used for another public purpose.
The standard federal agencies use to classify business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
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A GSA office that delivers innovative solutions for GSA’s administrative, workplace, and information management needs.
A family of seven separate governmentwide multiple award, IDIQ contracts for program management, management consulting, logistics, engineering, scientific and financial services.
A formal, signed agreement between GSA’s Public Buildings Service and a federal agency for a specific space assignment.
A set of procedures to protect life and property in federally occupied space under defined emergency conditions.
A GSA office that administers five programs related to federal civil rights laws and regulations:
Equal employment opportunity
Affirmative employment
Nondiscrimination in federally conducted programs and activities
Environmental justice
Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs and activities
OCR also administers the appeals process for administrative grievances GSA employees file.
A GSA office that:
Maintains agency liaison with congress
Prepares and coordinates the GSA annual legislative program
Communicates the GSA legislative program to OMB, congress, and other interested parties
Works closely with OMB in the coordination and clearance of all proposed legislation impacting GSA
A GSA office that works with internal clients to enhance relationships with customers, industry partners, and stakeholders by aligning operations to customer needs.
A GSA office that provides legal advice and representation to GSA officials while ensuring implementation of GSA’s statutory responsibilities (with exception of certain legal activities of the Office of Inspector General and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals).
A GSA office that ensures fair, efficient, cost-effective management practices across the federal government by creating and updating policies regarding:
Acquisition management
Personal and real property management
Health, environment and work/life maintenance
Travel and transportation
IT
Regulatory information
Use of federal advisory committees
A GSA office that delivers comprehensive human resources services and solutions to GSA and its employees. OHRM’s primary focus is to work with GSA services and staff offices to attract, motivate, develop, retain, and reward employees to maintain and enhance a mission-ready workforce.
A federal agency responsible for assisting the president in meeting policy, budget, management and regulatory objectives and to fulfill the agency’s statutory responsibilities. Visit omb.gov for more.
A GSA office responsible for:
Security (physical, personnel, and industrial)
HSPD-12 credentialing
Emergency management
Contingency and continuity planning
A federal agency responsible for directing human resources and employee management services, administering retirement benefits, managing healthcare and insurance programs, overseeing merit-based and inclusive hiring into the civil service, and providing a secure employment process. Visit opm.gov for more.
A GSA office that monitors and implements small business policies and supports SBA programs. OSDBU works with advocacy groups, chambers of commerce and small business coalitions to showcase small business capabilities and bring small businesses to the forefront of federal procurement opportunities.
A GSA office responsible for internal and external mass communication needs, which focuses on using communication to help the agency meet its mission and business goals.
A GSA office that provides enterprise-wide budget, financial management, financial analysis, robotics, performance management, and strategic planning services to GSA business lines and staff offices.
A GSA office that provides GSA staff with ever-evolving technology to improve capabilities, productivity, mobility, agility, and cost savings. GSA IT solutions include:
Mission-supporting applications
Laptops and mobile devices
Collaborative cloud-based software
Training
Technical support
An independent unit of GSA responsible for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and mismanagement in GSA programs and operations.
Services performed under a contract with a federal agency that include:
Cemetery maintenance
Electrical systems and energy management control systems
Elevator inspection and maintenance
Energy management and audit services
Fire alarm and fire suppression system maintenance
Janitorial
Landscaping and snow removal
Marine vessel maintenance and repair services
Painting
Pest control
Plumbing or pipe fitting
Refrigeration or heating, cooling, and air conditioning
Smart buildings
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Official verification of someone’s origin, identity, and nationality. A U.S. passport is required of U.S. citizens for international travel and reentry into the United States. There are three types of passports: diplomatic, official, and regular. A government official may have at the same time a valid regular passport and a valid official or diplomatic passport. Use GSA Form 2083 to begin a request for an official passport.
The per day rates for the lower 48 continental United States, which federal employees are reimbursed for expenses incurred while on official travel. Per diem includes three allowances:
A rate for lodging
A rate for meals
A rate for incidental expenses
Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. Get more info from OMB Circular A-130 [PDF].
An identification card that allows credentialed government personal to access facilities, computers, or information systems. May also be referred to as HSPD-12 card, LincPass, Smart Card, or CAC.
Furniture and equipment such as appliances, wall hangings, technological devices, and the relocation expenses for such property.
Equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full-body suits.
You should only drive a privately owned vehicle for official travel after your agency evaluates the use of:
A common carrier
A government-furnished vehicle
A rental car
When your agency has determined a POV to be the most advantageous method of transportation, you are authorized reimbursement for mileage and some additional allowances (parking, bridge, road and tunnel fees, etc.).
An organization that typically helps businesses for free with selling their goods and services by successfully competing for contracts with federal, state, and local governments.
Approvals from GSA’s congressional authorizing committees, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for proposed capital and leasing projects that require funding over an annually established threshold.
Substantially discounted real property (up to 100% reduction in fair market value) if it is to be used for a specific public use.
An offer the U.S. Government makes to buy supplies or services using simplified acquisition procedures.
A GSA business line that acquires and maintains real estate for the federal government.
A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers of congress and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
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A plan with measures that the government uses to monitor contractor performance.
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A senior executive in GSA regional offices who represents a region at special events and serves as a liaison to congressional, intergovernmental and other stakeholders. At GSA, the regional administrator also makes decisions about GSA’s operating status in the region.
A senior executive in GSA regional offices who is responsible for overseeing the regional budget and employees of Public Buildings Service or Federal Acquisition Service.
The building where a GSA region is headquartered.
Region 1 (New England): Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Region 2 (Northeast and Caribbean): Northern New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic): Delaware, parts of Maryland, Southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, parts of Virginia, West Virginia
Region 4 (Southeast Sunbelt): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Region 5 (Great Lakes): Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region 6 (Heartland): Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Region 7 (Greater Southwest): Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Region 8 (Rocky Mountain): Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Region 9 (Pacific Rim): Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada
Region 10 (Northwest Arctic): Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Region 11 (National Capital): Washington, D.C., area including parts of Maryland and Virginia
Formal agreements between GSA and a federal agency customer where GSA agrees to provide goods, services, or both, and the federal agency agrees to reimburse GSA’s direct and indirect costs. The customer portal for RWA information is called eRETA at extportal.pbs.gsa.gov.
To restore space or a facility to be more modern or in better condition or function.
A document used in negotiated procurements to communicate government requirements to prospective contractors (firms holding Multiple Award Schedule contracts) and to solicit proposals (offers) from them.
A document used to communicate government requirements, but which do not solicit binding offers. Quotations submitted in response are not offers. The Multiple Award Schedule order is the offer, and then the contractor can do something to show acceptance, like ordering supplies or contacting subcontractors.
To add features or functions to space beyond what it had at the start. Also called fit-out.
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Long-term governmentwide contracts with commercial firms providing federal, state, and local government buyers access to more than 11 million commercial products and services at volume discount pricing. Also called Multiple Award Schedule or Federal Supply Schedules. Find out more about MAS.
A law that requires federal agencies to give disabled employees and members of the public access to their information and communication technology that is comparable to the access available to others, unless doing so would cause an undue burden on the agency.
An SBA program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to businesses that meet the following eligibility requirements:
Be at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans
Have one or more service-disabled veterans manage day-to-day operations and also make long-term decisions
Eligible veterans must have a service-connected disability
Permanently and totally disabled veterans who are unable to manage the daily business operations of their business may still qualify if their spouse or appointed, permanent caregiver is assisting in that management
An SBA designation for businesses that meet size standards set for each NAICS code. Most manufacturing companies with 500 employees or fewer, and most non-manufacturing businesses with average annual receipts under $7.5 million, will qualify as a small business.
A federal agency responsible for helping Americans start, build, and grow businesses. Visit sba.gov for more.
To improve and stimulate small business utilization, we award contracts to businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. We have contracting assistance for:
A Small Business Administration program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to business that meet the following eligibility requirements:
A federal agency responsible for delivering financial support to retired and disabled people or their surviving family member, and for ensuring the safety and security of social security numbers and related information. Visit ssa.gov for more.
The basis for the lease negotiation process, which becomes part of the lease. SFOs include the information necessary to enable prospective offerors to prepare proposals. See SFO minimum requirements.
Specific supply and service subcategories within our Multiple Award Schedule. For the Information Technology Category, a SIN might be new equipment or cloud services.
An extension of the public spaces in a building, including public restrooms, equipment and maintenance space, locker rooms, custodial storage, security and food service areas.
When no federal agencies need real property, it is determined to be surplus and may be made available for other uses through public benefit conveyances, including homeless use, negotiated sales, or public sales, based on GSA’s determination of the property’s highest and best use.
A national policy committing to create and maintain conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.
An online system at sam.gov, which the U.S. Government uses to consolidate acquisition and award systems for use by contractors wishing to do business with the federal government. Formerly known as FBO.gov, all contracting opportunities valued over $25,000 are posted at sam.gov.
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A contract for services that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of services (other than a minimum or maximum quantity). A task order has flexibility in both quantities and scheduling and can be executed after specific requirements materialize.
When you use a government purchase card, such as the “GSA SmartPay” travel card for business travel, your lodging and rental car costs may be exempt from state sales tax. Individually billed account travel cards are not tax exempt in all states. Search for exemption status, forms and important information.
An entity within our Federal Acquisition Service responsible for helping federal agencies transform their use of technology.
Federal government authorization for federal employees and military service members (and some other individuals) to incur expenses while traveling on official business, which the agency pays for.
The finishes and fixtures federal agency tenants select that take a space from a shell condition to a finished, usable condition and compliant with all applicable building codes and standards.
A common commercial real estate term to describe commercial space that is ready to be occupied immediately. There is no waiting period to use the property for its intended purpose, because many or all of its features are already in place and in working order. Turnkey offices are ideal for agencies that do not want to go through the long process of researching, bidding out, and purchasing furniture or equipment.
A statute that applies to all Multiple Award Schedule contracts, unless otherwise stated in the solicitation or contract, which requires contractors to sell to the U.S. Government only products that are manufactured or “substantially transformed” in the U.S. or a TAA-designated country.
An option for vendors to report transactional data — information generated when the government purchases goods or services from a vendor — to help us make federal government buying more effective.
See our TDR page for which SINs are eligible and which line-item data to submit.
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A unique number required to do business with the federal government.
A federal agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for ensuring the nation’s maritime safety, security and stewardship. Visit uscg.mil for more.
A federal department responsible for providing leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management. Visit usda.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for energy, environmental and nuclear challenges. Visit energy.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for enhancing and protecting the health and well-being of all Americans. Visit hhs.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for securing the nation from threats. Visit dhs.gov for more.
A federal agency responsible for creating strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality, affordable homes for all. Visit hud.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for natural and cultural resources. Visit doi.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for enforcing the law and protecting the U.S.’s legal interests. Visit justice.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for the welfare of workers, job seekers, and retirees. Visit dol.gov for more.
A federal department responsible for ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system. Visit transportation.gov for more.
A federal agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment. Visit epa.gov for more.
A federal agency that provides centralized procurement for the federal government. GSA’s mission is to deliver value and savings in real estate, acquisition, technology, and other mission-support services across government.
A federal congressional agency responsible for examining how taxpayer dollars are spent and helping the government save money and work more efficiently. Visit gao.gov for more.
An A-Z index of contact information for U.S. Government departments and agencies including websites, emails, phone numbers, addresses, and more is at usa.gov/federal-agencies.
A federal agency of the Department of Justice responsible for:
Protecting the federal judiciary
Apprehending federal fugitives
Managing and selling seized assets acquired by criminals through illegal activities
The measured area an occupant uses plus building amenity areas. It does not include building service areas.
An indicator of how efficiently an a federal agency is currently using space, it is traditionally calculated by dividing the usable square feet of the space, by the number of personnel who occupy the space.
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An online site at vsc.gsa.gov for prospective and current Multiple Award Schedule contractors to do one-stop-shopping of key resources.
A Small Business Administration program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to businesses that meet the following eligibility requirements:
Be a small business, as defined by the size standard corresponding to any NAICS code listed in the business’s SAM profile
Have no less than 51% of the business owned and controlled by one or more veterans
For those veterans who are permanently and totally disabled and unable to manage the daily business operations of their business, their business may still qualify if their spouse or appointed, permanent caregiver is assisting in that management
A federal agency responsible for providing veterans the benefits and services they have earned. Visit va.gov for more.
A governmentwide acquisition contract exclusively for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses to sell IT services such as:
Data management
Information and communications technology
IT operations and maintenance
IT security
Software development
Systems design
New and emerging technologies
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The amount of solid waste, such as trash or garbage, construction and demolition waste, and hazardous waste, that is reused, recycled or composted instead of being put in a landfill or burned.
A GSA program designed to promote recycling and reuse of solid waste.
A Small Business Administration program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to businesses that meet the following eligibility requirements:
The physical space federal agencies use to carry out their mission.
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Vehicles that, when operating, produce zero tailpipe exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas. These include battery and fuel cell electric vehicles, as well as plug-in hybrid vehicles that are capable of operating on gas and electricity. They also may be called all-electric vehicles.
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations,
unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where
lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely
surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within
those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely
surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties,
including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties
(unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is
located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the
entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties,
even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.