GSA will be ‘multiplier for efficiency and modernization,’ nominee for administrator says

Edward Forst, President Trump’s nominee to lead the General Services Administration, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Thursday.

Edward Forst, who President Trump nominated to oversee the General Services Administration, laid out his priorities to senators Thursday, vowing the agency will serve as a “multiplier for efficiency and modernization” with a focus on four priority areas.

“If given the opportunity to serve and lead GSA, I will focus the agency on four central priorities: right-sizing our federal real estate portfolio, unifying our federal acquisition system, encouraging and promoting more small businesses to do business with the federal government, and leading the way for a technology transformation across federal agencies,” Forst said in written testimony submitted to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Forst previously served as chairman of Lion Capital, is a longtime Goldman Sachs alum and worked as a senior advisor for the Treasury ...