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Here's what getting on a GSA supply schedule can do for a business. United Rentals, the biggest equipment rental company in the world, announced this week that the federal government had become its single largest customer. The company, which operates a network of nearly 700 rental locations, has held a GSA schedule since 2005. Of course, federal contracts still made up less than 1 percent of the $3.6 billion in total revenues United Rentals received in 2006.
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
