GSA Names Acquisition Service Deputy

The acting deputy commissioner at the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has been given the fulltime job, according to an agency news release.

Barney Brasseux, a longtime GSA employee and member of the Senior Executive Service, will serve as the FAS deputy commissioner under Jim Williams, the FAS commissioner. Brasseux previously served concurrently as acting deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner for travel, motor vehicles, and card services.

“The skills, knowledge, and energy that Barney has already demonstrated as acting deputy commissioner give me great confidence in his ability to lead the Federal Acquisition Service in this role," Williams said in a news release.

Brasseux joined GSA’s old Federal Supply Service in 1993 serving in a variety of positions in the travel and transportation, services acquisition, and automotive organizations. He also had a stint as the organization's chief of staff.

Brasseux joined the government in 1982 as assistant to the director of the White House Travel Office. He arranged travel arrangements for the White House press corps in conjunction with President Reagan's domestic and international travel.

Brasseux worked in resolving the disagreements between the agency and the National Federation of Federal Employees union as one of the final hurdles in combining the old Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service.