How to Create a GACA.pdf
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This document is an instructional guide from the U.S. General Services Administration Pacific Rim Region for creating a GSA Affiliated Customer Account (GACA) in Gmail. GACA accounts are specialized Gmail accounts designed to enable secure collaboration and file sharing between GSA employees and government customers or business partners who do not use Google in their workplace. The accounts facilitate real-time collaboration and document sharing via GSA's Google Drive and Google Sites, with all collaborative data compliant to the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 and secured using TLS 1.2 encryption.
The account creation process requires the government agency customer or business partner to establish a Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup with a mandatory username format beginning with "GSA." followed by the user's first and last name (e.g., GSA.johnsmith@gmail.com). Users must complete all required fields, accept the Terms of Service, and enable 2-Step Verification using a smartphone capable of receiving text messages. The document emphasizes that GACA accounts are exclusively for external government customers and business partners without existing Google workplace accounts and must not be used by GSA employees or contractors as a substitute for standard gsa.gov accounts. GSA IT Security Staff continuously monitors shared files and notifies users of non-compliance; however, no further action is required if sharing is determined to be with a user maintaining a G Suite account.
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U.S. General Services Administration www.gsa.gov
Pacific Rim Region
How to Create a GSA Affiliated Customer Account (GACA)
1. Create a Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup o Enter the first name and last name o Enter the username: must start with “GSA.” then first name, last name -example: GSA.johnsmith@gmail.com o Complete all required fields
2. Accept the Terms of Service and submit the request.
3. Set up 2-Step Verification (also known as two-factor authentication) using a smartphone that can receive simple messages.
o Click on the account profile picture (top right) o Click “Manage your Google Account” o Select “Security” on the left side navigation panel o In the “Signing in to Google” section, turn “2-Step Verification” to “On”
GSA Affiliated Customer Accounts (GACA) Process, May 2017 instructional letter attached for additional reference.
http://mail.google.com/mail/signup mailto:GSA.johnsmith@gmail.com
U.S. General Services Administration Office of the GSA IT www.gsa.gov/cio
For Official Use Only
Date: May 1, 2017 Subject: Gmail accounts - GSA Affiliated Customer Accounts (GACA) - for sharing in GSA’s Google Drive and Google Sites
GSA uses Google to provide employees with a way to collaborate in real time, and to create, edit and share work from anywhere. To enable simliar sharing and collaboration in Google with our government customers and business partners, while also ensuring that this shared information is safeguarded and secure, we’ve created a specialized Gmail account process called GACA – short for the GSA Affiliated Customer Accounts (GACA). Collaborative data stored on GSA’s Google Drive and Google Sites systems are compliant to the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2. This standard ensures that access and transmission occurs via a secure web page using the TLS 1.2 encryption standard.
Applicability – GACA is for those who work for our government customers and business partners who do not use Google in their workplace. Agencies and civilian partners that are using Google in their workplace do not need to create a GACA account. GACA accounts must NOT be used by GSA employees and contractors in lieu of a gsa.gov account.
How to create a GSA Affiliated Customer Account (GACA) in Gmail
The person who will be using the GACA account (the government agency customer or the business partner) must create a Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup and follow the process below:
• enter their first name and last name,
• enter their username: must start with “GSA.” then first name, last name -example: GSA.johnsmith@gmail.com (mandatory),
• complete all required fields, accept the Terms of Service and submit the request, and
• set up 2-Step Verification (also known as two-factor authentication) using a smart phone that can receive simple messages (mandatory).
The GSA IT Security Staff continuously monitors all shared files in Google Drive, and sharing in GSA’s Google Sites. If non-compliance with this process is detected, then our staff will notify users of non-compliance with this process. After notification, if the sharing has been determined to be with a user that maintains a G Suite account, no further action will be required.
http://mail.google.com/mail/signup mailto:GSA.johnsmith@gmail.com
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