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The next two live training classes on navigating GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) will be offered Wednesday, February 20, 2013.Introduction to FDsysStart Time: 11:00 a.m.Duration: 1 hourSummary: An introductory course on navigating Federal Government information using FDsys. During this session, attendees will learn basic and advanced searching, browsing, retrieving… Read More

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) released their independent study of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Rebooting the Government Printing Office: Keeping America Informed in the Digital Age. The report affirms that “GPO’s core mission of authenticating, preserving, and distributing Federal information remains critically important to American… Read More

As part of the modernization and streamlining of Web services for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the FDLP listserv, known as FDLP-L, is being discontinued. In its place, users have the choice of how to receive FDLP-related news. Users can either sign up for the replacement email service or follow our RSS feed.In the future, FDLP-related news and events… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office, in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, is pleased to announce a new, educational webinar, “Access Census Bureau Stats: American FactFinder,” to be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 from 1:00-3:00 p.m., EST.‪This overview of the American FactFinder data access tool, presented by U.S. Census Bureau staff members, will demonstrate… Read More

The U.S. Census Bureau has brought to our attention that the newly redesigned American FactFinder does not render properly in some Web browsers. Users have reported issues with various versions of Mozilla Firefox (FF) and Internet Explorer (IE).The Census Bureau is investigating the matter. In the meantime, their recommendation is to clear the browser's cache, cookies,… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and our partner, the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), would like to clarify the requirements for IP access to Public Health Reports (PHR). Depositories have the option of selecting one of two access methods:IP AuthenticationUsername and PasswordThere are restrictions related to both types of access. Read the Library… Read More

Promote your library and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) with a suite of free, new promotional materials from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). These materials feature the FDLP and GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) and are perfect for displaying around the library, on campus, and in your community.Depository libraries can now order the following:… Read More

One of the critical priorities this fiscal year for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was to conduct a Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification, known as TRAC, on FDsys. The audit evaluates digital repositories for reliability, and would have been performed by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).Unfortunately, the "Fiscal Cliff" budgetary situation… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released statistics for  December 2012 regarding the activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing (C&I) Program. Read More

As part of the phased approach in launching the new version of FDLP.gov, FDLP-related forms are now exclusively available on the beta FDLP.gov Web site. Redirects from the old versions of the forms are in place. Please update any links or bookmarks you may have with the new URLs.Additional features will be released in the near future as we continue to make progress toward… Read More