"A backend nerve center for the government with procurement, technology and real estate duties that cross agencies, GSA was an early stronghold for the controversial DOGE effort. Tech billionaire and then-DOGE head Elon Musk himself visited the agency in January. DOGE associates were even spending nights in a GSA building in D.C., although during Ehikian's first town hall at the agency, he told employees that there was no DOGE team at GSA when asked about the efficiency group."
"Ehikian previously helped build two AI companies that were later bought by Salesforce, where he's also worked. At GSA, he oversaw an effort to massively downsize the the agency's workforce through both voluntary departures and layoffs. The agency has shed thousands of employees. Ehikian also aimed to centralize procurement within GSA, streamline acquisition regulations, get rid of government real estate and push for the adoption of AI - including as a way to redu"
Stephen Ehikian served as acting head of the General Services Administration for the first six months of the Trump 2.0 administration and recently left to lead C3 AI. He was replaced by Michael Rigas and President Trump nominated Ed Forst for Senate-confirmed leadership. Ehikian said he restructured and slimmed the agency and positioned it to rebuild. GSA functioned as a backend nerve center for procurement, technology, and real estate and was an early stronghold for the DOGE effort. Ehikian oversaw large workforce reductions, centralized procurement, streamlined acquisition regulations, and pushed AI adoption.
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