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Federal depository libraries across the Nation celebrated Constitution Day on September 17, with events, contests, giveaways, displays, and more. Over 29,000 free Pocket Constitutions from GPO were shared with library patrons across the country! FDLP.gov’s ‘Celebrating Constitution Day’ gallery showcases photos and details of 2022 celebrations at Federal depository… Read More

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) including GPO’s MetaLib will undergo routine maintenance. Start Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Thursday, September 22, 6:00 a.m. (EDT) During this maintenance period, you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has won a 2022 Government Experience Award for GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic information published by the Federal Government. GPO won the award for its entry “Nine Billion Government Information Retrievals.” GPO achieved the milestone of nine billion retrievals of Government information on its digital system this… Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. An updated schedule and detailed agenda are now available for the 2022 Federal Depository Library Conference. Have you registered to attend yet? When: October 17 – 19, 2022 (afternoons, EDT) Where: Virtual; participate anywhere, from the comfort of your own home, office, or library Event cost:… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Federal Open Data - 2022 Update." Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Hyon Kim, Program Director,… Read More

GPO has discovered two issues in FDLP eXchange that impact the input and retention of the Publication Start Date field when spreadsheets are uploaded. The bigger issue is isolated to uploads of long spreadsheets. Spreadsheets containing more than 250 items are uploaded directly into the system without going through the review panel process that allows users to… Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. The draft report of the GPO Director’s Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is now available for public comment through October 14, 2022. Draft Report for Public Comment: Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program Draft report comment form   … Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Knowing NAICS: Understanding the Way the Government Classifies Industries." Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. … Read More

  Constitution Day is September 17, 2022! GPO wants to know how you are celebrating. Send us photos and descriptions of your events, and your library could be featured on FDLP.gov and on GPO social media. Please try to include patrons enjoying your events in the photos. Still planning? A wide variety of downloadable… Read More

New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for August 2022. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Read More