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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

Two new online presentations, on geology librarianship and on geographic information system (GIS) programs, have just been added to the GPO OPAL archive. They are the first results of a "virtual practicum" with the University of Washington Information School to produce new online educational programs, with academic credit accruing to a library school student.The two… Read More

The Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce the release of 8 new collections into GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys). The new collections are:Congressional Directory (105th Congress to present)Congressional Record (Bound) (1999 to 2001)Congressional Record Index (1993 to present)Economic Report of the President (1996 to present)GAO Reports and… Read More

A preliminary schedule of events for the fall Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference is now available. For details, including hotel location and registration, go to the events page on fdlp.gov.Register Early to Attend!Registration is currently low. If you are planning to attend, please take the time to submit your registration in… Read More