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New Serial Set Project Records Available on GitHub

July 17, 2023
A new group of United States Congressional Serial Set Serial Set Project MARC records is now available in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), and files of the records are available on GitHub. The record set includes 16,498 records (16,402 monographs and 96 serials) in various Congressional publication series, including House and Senate documents and reports… Read More

Webinar: Should You Consider Crypto?

July 14, 2023
Register to attend the live training webinar, "Should You Consider Crypto?" Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Dan Rutherford, Associate Director,… Read More

New Electronic Titles for June 2023

July 11, 2023
New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for June 2023. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Read More

FDLP eXchange Scheduled Maintenance: Monday, July 10, 2023

July 10, 2023
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange. Start Date: Monday, July 10, 2023, 10:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 1:00 a.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours The site will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation. Read More

Scheduled IT Maintenance: Saturday, July 8, 2023

July 06, 2023
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) will perform scheduled IT maintenance on Saturday, July 8, 2023, between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (EDT). During the maintenance period, the following GPO services may experience brief, intermittent downtime: purl.fdlp.gov permanent.fdlp.gov Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government We apologize for the inconvenience and… Read More

Dive into Free Webinars from GPO

July 05, 2023
This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. Check out these free, upcoming educational webinars and events from the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO):  Data Librarianship; Richard Huffine (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation); Friday, July 7, 2023; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)  GovInfo API Overview and Search Service Preview;… Read More

FDLP eXchange Temporarily Unavailable

July 05, 2023
The FDLP eXchange is temporarily unavailable. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, and we will inform the community when it is available for use. We apologize for the inconvenience. Read More

GPO Director Names Inspector General

June 29, 2023
U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern has named Nathan Deahl as the Agency’s Inspector General (IG). As GPO IG, Deahl will oversee the Agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). GPO OIG provides independent and objective oversight of GPO administration and operations and supports Agency’s leadership and Congress’ efforts to improve… Read More