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Martha Johnson Nominated as GSA Administrator

Martha Johnson, a vice president at Computer Sciences Corp., was the GSA's chief of staff during the Clinton administration.

President Barack Obama named Martha Johnson to serve as administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), the federal government's agency in charge of purchasing. Johnson served as chief of staff of the GSA from 1996-2001, where she played a key role in changing the agency from the government's supplier of goods and services to a competitive supplier of choice.

Since 2007 Johnson has served as a vice president at Computer Sciences Corp. Prior to that, she was a vice president at SRA International, where she provided consulting services to the U.S. departments of Labor and Homeland Security.

From 1993 to 1996, Johnson served as the assistant deputy secretary in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the Deputy Secretary. Johnson was a search manager for the Office of Presidential Personnel in 1993.

Paul Prouty has been the GSA's acting administrator since January. Obama announced Johnson's nomination April 3.

 

 

With more than 20 years of experience covering state and local government, Tod previously was the editor of Public CIO, e.Republic’s award-winning publication for information technology executives in the public sector. He is now a senior editor for Government Technology and a columnist at Governing magazine.