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Special Selection Offers: NASA & Navy – By Request Only

November 20, 2024
GPO has acquired copies of two publications for distribution as Special Selection Offers:U.S. Navy and Innovation: Twentieth-Century Case Studies (Contributions to Naval History No. 10)Going Beyond: The Space Exploration Initiative and the Challenges of Organizational Change at NASA (Monographs in Aerospace History No. 58)These publications will not be distributed outside… Read More

New Electronic Titles for October 2024

November 15, 2024
New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for October 2024. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Read More

Request for Comments: Draft Policy on FDLP Distribution

November 13, 2024
The Superintendent of Documents seeks your comments about the proposed draft Public Policy Statement, “Print Distribution and Access to Government Publications in a Digital Federal Depository Library Program” (SOD-PPS-7-2025).The purpose of this policy is to establish parameters for limiting print distribution to Federal depository libraries and to make digital Government… Read More

Webinar: Business Trends and Outlook Survey

November 08, 2024
Register to attend the live training webinar, "Business Trends and Outlook Survey."Tuesday, December 3, 2024Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST)Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.Speakers: Jennifer Boettcher, Business Reference Librarian, Georgetown University Learning outcomes: This webinar will introduce you to the Business… Read More

GPO Named One of America’s Best Employers for Veterans for the Third Year in a Row

November 07, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2024. The Agency was also recognized for this honor in 2022 and 2023. GPO has a long-standing history of employing veterans dating back to the Civil War and currently employs nearly 500 veterans who make up one third of the Agency’s workforce. For decades… Read More

New Giveaway Item Available: Color Me Civics Coloring Books

November 04, 2024
A new, promotional giveaway item is available free to FDLP libraries.The Color Me Civics – U.S. Landmarks and Symbols coloring book is a new learning tool from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The book includes both English and Spanish content and will help families study together for the naturalization test. The book includes images of important U.S… Read More

Webinar: The Making of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series

October 23, 2024
Register to attend the live training webinar, "The Making of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series." Date: Monday, November 18, 2024Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST) Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Adam Howard, The Historian for the Department of State… Read More

PURLs to Internet Archive Content Working Again

October 22, 2024
The Internet Archive (IA) has partially resumed services to content that it hosts, including the Wayback Machine, Archive-It, and their blog. The DDOS attacks on the IA briefly impacted the PURLs linking to the FDLP Web Archive and other web archive content. GPO has confirmed that FDLP content linked to via Persistent Uniform Resource Locators (PURLs) is fully… Read More

GPO Names Syracuse University Library with Best Federal Depository Website

October 21, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) honors E.S. Bird Library at Syracuse University with the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) for 2024. This is the second library to ever receive the award, which was created last year to recognize the creativity and easy access of Government information libraries are sharing on their websites. The… Read More