Citizen-facing services, IT modernization investments and workforce development are all important budget priories for the General Services Administration, agency chief Emily Murphy said at an April 17 House appropriations hearing. And while lawmakers pressed on some of GSA’s politically charged real-estate decisions, they praised Murphy’s leadership and struck a generally positive tone on the agency’s fiscal year 2019 funding.
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), implied that GSA should get more for the government-wide Technology Modernization Fund than the agency has requested, asking Murphy if $210 million is sufficient for fiscal year 2019. (Congress appropriated $100 million for fiscal year 2018; the Modernizing Government Technology Act authorized up to $500 million over two years for the TMF.)
