GSA Form 3282A: Operating Budget Plan

GSA Form 3282A, Operating Budget Plan, is a one-page form. Its footer reads GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION and GSA FORM 3282A (REV. 9-94). GSA hosts it in its forms library; GSA's page lists a current revision date of 09/1979 and no authority or regulation.

The form records a budget plan action: initial, increase, decrease or redistribution. A Funds table shows the current plan, the requested and approved current action and the revised plan for each quarter by cost activity symbol, and a Specific Limitations table does the same for travel and permanent FTE. It ends with Regional Administrator remarks, a Requested By line for the Regional Comm. or Asst. Comm. and an approval line for the Regional Administrator. Footnotes mark the blocks completed by the Office of Finance and by the Regional Administrator. The form prints no instructions, OMB number or privacy statement.

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What's on GSA Form 3282A

Daily accounting cycle

Area and document number in the top right corner.

Action and identification

C.O. box and region number, near action code, initial, increase, decrease or redistribution, the document number (REG, B/A, NO), fund, FY and budget activity title.

Funds table

Rows for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter and a total, each by quarter or cost activity symbol with its own total line. Columns: current plan, current action requested and approved, and revised plan.

Specific limitations

Travel, FTE: permanent and a total, with the same current plan, requested, approved and revised plan columns.

Remarks and signatures

Regional Administrator remarks, the Requested By signature and title with a date, and the Regional Administrator approval signature with a date.

How to complete GSA Form 3282A

1
Mark the type of action
Check initial, increase, decrease or redistribution, and fill in the document number, fund, FY and budget activity title.
2
Leave the near action code to Finance
The footnote says the near action code is completed by the Office of Finance.
3
Enter the requested amounts
For each quarter, list the cost activity symbols and enter the current action requested, with a total line for each quarter and for the Total section.
4
Fill in the specific limitations
Enter the requested figures for travel and permanent FTE, and the total.
5
Sign the request
The Regional Comm. or Asst. Comm. signs, adds a title and dates the Requested By line.
6
Regional Administrator review
The footnote says the current plan, approved and revised plan columns are completed by the Regional Administrator, whose remarks block and approval signature close the form.

The form prints no instructions. These steps follow its blocks and footnotes.

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Where it goes

The form prints no address or routing instructions. Its approval line is for the Regional Administrator.

Revision

The footer reads GSA FORM 3282A (REV. 9-94), while GSA's page lists a current revision date of 09/1979.

Instructions, OMB and privacy

The PDF has no instruction page, OMB number or privacy statement, and GSA's page lists no authority or regulation.

Who fills out GSA Form 3282A?

The requesting official
The Requested By line is for the Regional Comm. or Asst. Comm., with signature, title and date.
The Regional Administrator
Signs the approval line and has the remarks block. A footnote says the blocks marked with two asterisks, current plan, approved and revised plan, are completed by the Regional Administrator.
The Office of Finance
A footnote says the block marked with one asterisk, the near action code, is completed by the Office of Finance.
C.O. or region
A box near the top marks C.O., beside the label Region No.

The form's signature lines and footnotes name these roles.

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Official GSA form page
The agency’s own page for Form GSA3282A.
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Questions about Form GSA3282A

Who issues GSA Form 3282A?

The footer reads GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, GSA FORM 3282A (REV. 9-94). GSA hosts it in its forms library.

What do the asterisks on the form mean?

The footnotes say blocks with one asterisk are completed by the Office of Finance and blocks with two asterisks by the Regional Administrator. One asterisk marks the near action code; two mark the current plan, approved and revised plan columns.

What revision date does GSA Form 3282A show?

The footer prints REV. 9-94. GSA's forms page lists a current revision date of 09/1979.

What limits does the form track?

The Specific Limitations table lists travel and FTE: permanent, with a total, in the same current plan, requested, approved and revised plan columns as the Funds table.

Who signs GSA Form 3282A?

The Requested By line is for the Regional Comm. or Asst. Comm. (signature and title), and the approval line is for the Regional Administrator (signature), each with a date.

GSA Form 3282A: Operating Budget Plan