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GPO has completed the initial release of the WEBTech Notes replacement application. In order to facilitate the final release, a beta version has been launched on the FDLP Desktop.GPO is requesting community assistance in testing the following features:Browsing and resorting records using the default interface.Browsing records by date range, category, and fields using the… Read More

Earlier this year, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) conducted a user survey to gain feedback from the users of Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids. The objective was to document a data-influenced understanding of user satisfaction and also to use the results as the basis for future enhancements and design changes.Highlights of Summary Findings2,170 responses… Read More

This is a reminder of this week’s OPAL "Chat with GPO" entitled Orientation for New Depository Staff on Tuesday, June 30th at 1:00 p.m. EDT.This "Chat with GPO" session features presentations by Robin Haun-Mohamed, Director of Collection Management and Preservation, and Ashley Dahlen, Outreach Librarian in Education and Outreach. Kathy Brazee, Outreach Librarian in… Read More

In May, 2009, GPO started distributing paper editions of Federal Register, Congressional Record, and Code of Federal Regulations as separates rather than including them in the regular depository shipment boxes.Their GPO-issued shipping lists should be completed about the same time the publications are shipped. Electronic versions of the shipping lists can be found on… Read More

Virginia Saunders, GPO’s longest-serving employee, passed away in her sleep on June 19, having recently celebrated 64 years of Federal service. She started as a clerk typist at the F.B.I. in 1945, before spending the last 63 years working at GPO. Since 1969, Virginia had been responsible for the Congressional Serial Set—a case-bound compilation of all House and Senate… Read More

GPO is pleased to announce the release of the first of its new marketing strategies for official FDLP partners. A partnership logo is now available for download by official partners from the FDLP Desktop. Official partners are libraries and other institutions with which GPO has letters or memorandums of agreement to provide permanent public access to electronic U.S… Read More

At the end of May GPO requested that all depository library coordinators submit the segmentation survey. GPO thanks those who have done so.As of 06/15/2009 nearly half of the depositories had not completed the survey. The survey is very important as the results will determine how GPO categorizes your libraryThe survey deadline has been extended. If you have not completed… Read More

The entire 2006 edition of the United States Code is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. The 2006 edition contains the laws enacted through the 109th Congress (ending January 3, 2007, the last law of which was signed January 15, 2007). In addition, PDF files have been made available for the U.S. Code, 2006 edition only.The U.S. Code is the codification… Read More

GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  May 2009 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

GPO is pleased to announce that four new collections are now available from the Federal Digital System (FDsys).These new collections are:Congressional Calendars (104th Congress - Present)Congressional Committee Prints (105th Congress - Present)List of CFR Sections Affected (1997 - Present)Economic Indicators (1995 – Present) Read More