Historical Note
The General Services Department was established in 1971 with
responsibility for management, planning, and coordination of necessary services
common to City Departments. These included management and maintenance of the
City’s vehicle fleet, coordination and planning of the City’s communications
system, provision of support services such as printing, duplicating, and
warehousing, and provision of data processing services.
Before 1971, General Services was located within the Executive
Department. In 1980, the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) was formed
by merging functions of the General Services Department, Building Department,
Division of Motor Transportation and the Office of Management and Budget. DAS
was abolished in 1997 when its functions were assumed by the Executive Services
Department.
Content Description
There are five annual reports for General Services dating from 1970 to
1979. They include brief narratives of each of the divisions and summary
statistical information. These reports provide an overview of the data
processing services of the City. The DAS Annual Reports, especially those in
the early 1980s, are very brief. The 1985 report provides some detail about the
City’s computer and communications systems.
Records were originally filed with the City Clerk in the
Comptroller/Clerk's Files (CFs) and were removed to create this record series.