Council Letters
Collection of correspondence between Council chairs and the Director of the Government Publishing Office and between the Superintendent of Documents.
Letter with Director Halpern’s response to the Depository Library Council’s letter asking the GPO to provide guidance on potential conflicts between new State and local censorship laws and the Legal Requirements and Program Regulations for the Federal Depository Library Program (LRPR) regarding access to Government information.
The letter contains the Council’s feedback from the Call for Comments on the draft proposed revision of a Superintendent of Documents Public Policy Statement (SOD-PPS-4-2026), Permanent Public Access to U.S. Government Public Information through Preservation.
This letter expresses concern about how to navigate the increasing number of proposed and enacted state laws or local ordinances regarding library access to materials that may conflict with the legal requirements and regulations for Federal Depository Libraries. (FDLP).
Letter on behalf of the Depository Library Council (DLC), congratulating Scott Matheson on his appointment as Superintendent of Documents for the Government Publishing Office (GPO).
This letter from DLC Chair Will Stringfellow to GPO Director Hugh Halpern requests the creation of the working group to explore the needs, challenges, and solutions related to Tribal, Historically Black College and University, small, and other Federal depository libraries which have unique challenges or primarily serve underserved populations (December 2021).