Superintendent of Documents Public Policies

Superintendent Of Documents Depository Guidance Document 2020-1 provides a framework for the disposition of materials from libraries relinquishing their depository designation. The Government Publishing Office (GPO) now will have a more active role in the disposition of materials from libraries leaving the FDLP in order to help build and preserve a comprehensive National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information.

A request for comments was issued May 11, 20221 for a draft revised version of Depository Guidance Document, Federal Depository Libraries Relinquishing Their Designation | Strategic Disposition of Depository Materials for Keeping America Informed. Comments closed June 25th. This document provides those comments.

This policy asserts that public access assessments fulfill the GPO's responsibility to conduct firsthand investigations of conditions at individual depository libraries.

Superintendent of Documents Public Policy Statement 2020-1