About GSA
Public Buildings Service Public Buildings Service

The mission of GSA’s Public Buildings Service is to provide a superior workplace for the federal worker and superior value to the American taxpayer. The vision is to be the best real estate organization in the world.

PBS is the landlord of the civilian federal government, with a total inventory of over 339 million square feet of workspace for a million federal employees in 2,000 American communities. This comprises over 1,600 government-owned buildings, or approximately 55 percent of GSA's total inventory. The remaining 45 percent is in privately owned leased facilities.

Through the internationally recognized Design and Construction Excellence programs, PBS engages the best private sector architects, construction managers, and engineers to design and build award-winning courthouses, border stations, federal office buildings, laboratories, and data processing centers. It works to restore and maintain the vitality of communities where GSA has a presence.

PBS leases space to federal customer agencies. PBS also repairs, alters, and renovates existing facilities. It has over 100 child care centers. PBS is also responsible for the disposal of property not only for GSA, but for other federal agencies. PBS is a leader in energy conservation, sustainability, recycling, and historic preservation--maintaining more than 400 historic properties in the federal government's inventory. PBS commissions the country's most talented artists to create artwork for new federal buildings and conserves a substantial inventory of artwork from the past. Eleven regional PBS offices, located in major metropolitan centers across the country, deliver comprehensive real estate services.

PBS collects rent from federal tenants, which is deposited into the Federal Buildings Fund, the principal funding mechanism for PBS.

Each GSA office building, laboratory, and courthouse is a symbol of America's democracy, and a significant public investment that must contribute to the vitality of its neighboring community. PBS aims to be the provider of choice for federal agencies, to be easy to do business with, to help federal agencies use real estate more efficiently, and to provide lasting value in everything it does.

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Last Modified 9/13/2004