Welcome to the GSA SmartPay Purchase Training for Account Holders and Approving Officials (AOs).

This training course is intended to teach you the basics about your roles and responsibilities as an Account Holder/ AO and can be used as refresher training as required by your agency. We encourage you to also learn about your agency’s specific purchase program requirements and policies.  After reviewing each lesson, click on the link to the next lesson below on the right side.  The quiz is available after you have completed the final lesson.  To skip ahead, use the lesson dropdown option above.

Note:  The GSA SmartPay Online Training is an independent training system and does not connect with any agency training system.

Click on the options below to download the full training content or save content to your device.  Note: The quiz is only available on the live website and can be accessed after the final lesson.


1.  Click on the "View/ Save Purchase Training for Account Holders/ AOs in HTML" (508 Compliant)

2.  Click on the "Download Purchase Training for Account Holders/ AOs PDF"

If you have already downloaded and reviewed the material, CLICK HERE to skip ahead to the quiz.