Mike Wash selected as the Federal Player of the Week

The Partnership for Public Service selected Mike Wash, GPO’s Chief Information Officer, as the Federal Player of the Week. In an interview published in The Washington Post, Mike reflects on his reasons for leaving private sector to “put government online for the American people”. Mike’s work in making tens of millions of federal documents available in FDsys is noted in the article as is his work with various members of the Obama administration's Open Government Initiative team to discuss ways the federal government can be more transparent.

"As the CIO of an agency with the goal of providing permanent access to authentic and official federal publications, I am regularly faced with challenges associated with transforming this agency that has relied exclusively on printing to serve its mission into one that can effectively disseminate information digitally as well as in print form," Wash said.

Read the full article, “Bringing the Government Printing Office into the digital world”.