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The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce that the following collections have been authenticated with digital signatures and are currently available on GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys).List of CFR Sections AffectedWeekly Compilation of Presidential DocumentsDaily Compilation of Presidential DocumentsGPO is also in the process of digitally… Read More

Beginning September 30, 2009 the claims fax number for GPO-distributed tangible products (paper and electronic products, including separates) will no longer be in use. After that date, all depository claims to GPO must be submitted through the Web Claim Form on the FDLP Desktop. Calls to the claims fax number, 202-512-1429, will not be processed after September 30… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office will be performing routine Web site maintenance on Browse Topics and the FDLP Community site this week. Each site will be taken offline for approximately three hours.The schedule is as follows:Browse Topics on Tuesday, September 22nd from 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., EST.FDLP Community on Wednesday, September 23rd from 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p… Read More

The University of North Texas’s (UNT) CyberCemetery was the subject of an Associated Press article last week. The CyberCemetery, a U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) partner since 1999, houses the Web sites of Federal agencies and commissions that have ceased operations. In 2006, GPO, the National Archives and Records Administration, and UNT signed an agreement that… Read More

Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison (CR 1.2:R27/4/CD; Item no. 0288-A) was shipped short on shipping list 2009-0015-E, dated February 20, 2009.  GPO received additional copies of this CD-ROM to make available for claims.  If you select item 0288-A and did not receive a copy of this title, please submit a web claim by October 5, 2009. Read More

Public Printer of the United States Bob Tapella visited the University of South Carolina’s Thomas Cooper Library in Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday, September 17, 2009, to mark the library’s 125 years of providing Federal Government information to the residents of South Carolina. After his presentation of remarks and a commemorative plaque, Tapella joined officials… Read More

At its September 2007 session, the Judicial Conference endorsed a joint pilot between the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts that was not to exceed two years in length. The GPO sought volunteers to participate in the pilot from among its 1265 depository libraries. Forty-nine depository libraries responded to the call for… Read More

Deschler-Brown Precedents Volume 17 (Chapter 34 and 35) is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. Chapter 34 contains Constitutional Amendments and Chapter 35 covers Presidential messages and executive communications.The early parliamentary precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives were published by Asher Hinds (1907) and Clarence Cannon (1936). The… Read More

GPO has made available brief FDsys video tutorials, including an FDsys overview, simple search, advanced and citation search, and browsing. View them on GPO.gov. Read More

Want to know about the acquisition of government publications into the FDLP? Join us for the next session tomorrow in the "Chat With GPO" series of online discussions with GPO staff.At 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Joe McClane, content acquisitions manager, will discuss acquisitions and answer your questions. The presentation will be held in the GPO OPAL… Read More