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Government Administration Services (G.A.S.) is a Norwegian government agency located in the center of Oslo. It has approximately 500 employees and an annual budget of 250 million Norwegian kroner.

G.A.S. reports to the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform.

The main purpose of G.A.S. is to provide synergy for the ministries with cost effective and reliable common services. These include cleaning, security, switchboard and postal services, as well as running computer systems and handling government publications. One department of G.A.S. works solely with government procurements, and G.A.S. also has a department that offers accounting services. Some of the tasks of the agency are carried out by private contractors.

G.A.S. is responsible for optimizing and developing its own and others' services. As such, the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform utilizes G.A.S. as a means of improving the way the national government works.

Government Administration Services was established in 1979. In the early years, its main objective was to provide centralized services for the ministries. Throughout the 1990s, G.A.S. has extensively been used as a tool for the Ministry Government Administration and Reform to reach its goals.