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GPO Publishes Its First Comic Book

September 16, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) builds on its storied history by publishing the agency’s first comic book. GPO employees created the comic book Squeaks Discovers Type! as a teaching tool for children of all ages.{rokbox title=|GPO Publishes Its First Comic Book.|thumb=|images/stories/fdlpnews/comic/squeeks-vidpic.png| size=|640 385| }http://www.youtube.com… Read More

FBB Scheduled Maintenance

September 14, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Federal Bulletin Board (FBB).Start Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 10:00 p.m. EDTEnd Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010 01:00 a.m. EDTTotal Duration: 3 hoursThe FBB will experience intermittent availability during the maintenance window while GPO works to implement improvements and… Read More

FDLP Consultant Contract Awarded

September 02, 2010
As part of its strategic planning process for the future of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has awarded the FDLP consultant contract to ITHAKA. As part of the recommendations from the Depository Library Council (DLC) at the Spring 2009 DLC Meeting, the FDLP consultant will provide GPO with impartial library program… Read More

CFR Microfiche Contract Resumes

September 01, 2010
The delay in the production of microfiche for the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), AE 2.106/3:, that was announced May 26, 2010 has been resolved.Libraries selecting 0572-C should have already received the following shipping lists:2010-0079-M2010-0085-MThe following shipping lists are expected to ship shortly:2010-0086-M2010-0096-M2010-0111-M2010-0314-M Read More

Scheduled CGP Maintenance

September 01, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).Start Date: Wednesday, September 1st, 11:00 p.m. EDTEnd Date: Thursday, September 2nd, 12:01 a.m. EDTTotal Duration: Approximately 1 hourDuring this period, the CGP may experience brief intermittent downtime.Thank you for your cooperation… Read More

Depository Library Spotlight for September

September 01, 2010
September’s Depository Library Spotlight is on the University Libraries of the University of South Dakota. Serving the University of South Dakota campus and a state-wide community, the library has maintained a long tradition of providing access to Government information.Read about how this library's continuing commitment to Government information provides the public with… Read More

GPO-Wide Scheduled Maintenance

September 01, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, September 4th.Start Time: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8 a.m. EDTEnd Time: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 1 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: 5 hoursDuring the maintenance period, some services will have limited or no availability due to the nature of the work being performed. Scheduled… Read More

Scheduled CGP Maintenance

August 27, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).Start Date: Friday, August 27th, 8:00 p.m. EDTEnd Date: Friday, August 27th, 9:00 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: Approximately 1 hourDuring this period, the CGP may experience brief intermittent downtime.Thank you for your cooperation during… Read More

Mike Wash selected as the Federal Player of the Week

August 19, 2010
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… Read More

Training Sessions from the Six-State Virtual Conference Available

August 18, 2010
The six states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming recently held an online conference using the OPAL web conferencing software. Over 5 days, the Six-State Virtual Government Information Conference ran 17 different programs covering numerous topics of interest to Federal depository libraries and government information professionals.GPO is proud to… Read More