"During his tenure, Ehikian oversaw mass workforce turnover at the agency, both via voluntary departures and layoffs, including the elimination of entire GSA teams. "By cutting outdated regulations, centralizing procurement, optimizing real estate, adopting smarter tech and modeling the change we want to see, we are delivering a better government for the American people," Ehikian wrote in his email, saying that "government doesn't need to be slow.""
"Stephen Ehikian, the deputy administrator at the General Services Administration who led the agency through the first six months of the Trump administration, will "transition out" of his role at the agency, he told staff in a Tuesday email obtained by Nextgov/FCW. Ehikian's departure comes just over a month after he was ousted from his position as the acting head of the agency and replaced by Michael Rigas, who is also a deputy secretary at the State Department."
Stephen Ehikian will transition out of his role as deputy administrator at the General Services Administration. He was ousted as acting head a month earlier and replaced by Michael Rigas, as President Trump nominated Edward Forst to lead GSA. Ehikian was among several day-one Trump appointees and affiliates of the Department of Government Efficiency who have left GSA and other agencies. GSA served as an early DOGE stronghold, and Steve Davis had sought Ehikian as a DOGE leader. Ehikian oversaw significant workforce turnover, defended regulatory and procurement changes, and plans to advise during the transition. Rigas noted Ehikian will share a message and Forst is preparing for confirmation.
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