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Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks released the Annual Report of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) for Fiscal Year 2012. The report details the agency’s progress in using technology to expand public access to Government information while achieving a positive financial result of $2.9 million in net income for the fiscal year.During FY 2012, GPO implemented a… Read More

Friday, March 15, 2013 was the last day that announcements related to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) were posted on FDLP-L.To continue receiving notifications and announcements regarding the FDLP, sign up for the replacement email service or follow our RSS feed. FDLP-related news and events are posted to our homepage and subsequently sent out via email and… Read More

The U.S. Census Bureau is offering depository libraries the opportunity to join their Webinar, "Accessing Employment Statistics Using “OnTheMap”.After this Webinar attendees will be able to uncover a wealth of information available on U.S. workers by using “OnTheMap,” the Census Bureau’s online mapping and reporting application. Attendees will see where they are employed… Read More

A live training Webinar, "Hands-On Exercises in American FactFinder," will be offered Monday, March 18, 2013.Hands-On Exercises in American FactFinderStart Time: 2:00 p.m. EDTDuration: 1 hourSummary: Participants will complete various hands-on exercise scenarios in the American FactFinder data access tool. Presenters from the U.S. Census Bureau will provide a detailed… Read More

Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) annually releases a publication called the Year in Review. It highlights LSCM's major accomplishments over the previous fiscal year and serves to map LSCM's work for the future.The FY2012 LSCM Year in Review is now available. In this edition, topics covered include: FDLP Forecast StudyGPO’s Federal Digital SystemFDLP… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the University of Minnesota Libraries (UMN) signed an agreement under which UMN will provide regional depository library services to the selective depository libraries in Michigan. Under the agreement, UMN will provide interlibrary loan and reference services, education and training, and related services to Michigan’s Federal… Read More

As part of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the U.S. Department of Treasury pilot project to provide permanent public access to the Treasury Library’s digital content, An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States is now available on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States: 1793… Read More

The January/February 2013 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. The focus of this month's newsletter is Preservation.In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish reports on the Federal budget crises and what it means to GPO. Meanwhile, your colleague and Depository Library Council member, Debbie Rabina (Pratt Institute, School of Information and… Read More

A new training video on “Help” tools in the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys) is now available.The tutorial focuses on utilizing “Help” tools in FDsys, including searching and browsing the “Help” database and utilizing “context specific help.” It is available on the home page of the beta Web site for FDLP.gov and on gpo.gov. Please… Read More

Like all Federal agencies, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been planning for a possible sequestration, effective March 1. Should it go into effect, GPO will see a 5.3% cut in its budget. Of this, $1.9 million will come from the Salaries and Expenses (S&E) Appropriation of the Superintendent of Documents. S&E provides funding for the Federal… Read More