GSA Missing Child Notice Program

On January 19, 1996 an Executive Memorandum was issued for all Executive Branch Agencies with custody of Federally-controlled real estate, like the General Services Administration (GSA), to post notices of missing children in public areas of these facilities.

As the "Landlord for the Federal Government", GSA quickly complied and joined the efforts of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the Department of Justice to fulfill the directive. Each month GSA creates 10 missing child notices and disseminates these to locations comprising its 345 million square foot real estate inventory. These notices occur in two different media. First the hard copy notices which are displayed on wall bulletin boards and second, the same 10 notices which run on automated computer displays in the lobbies of our largest Federal Buildings.

This World Wide Web page is designed to do several things. It is a clearinghouse for information to Federal agencies with regard to the Executive Memorandum and guidance on how to post the missing child and/or person notices.  It allows you to view the 10 notices which are updated each month. It also provides a briefing on GSA's money saving and innovative approach for disseminating the notices. We invite you to explore this information via the links available on this site.

We hope you will assist in this important program which may lead to the reunion of lost children and their families. If even one child is located then the common sense initiative is well worth it.