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The Social Security Administration's 2007 Red Book, A Summary Guide to Employment Support for Individuals with Disabilities under the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Programs, Part 1 of 2 and Part 2 of 2, was issued on shipping list 2008-0005-S.There was an error on the shipping list. The shipping list should have read "Part 1 and… Read More

Volumes of the 2006 edition of the U.S. Code (Y 1.2/5: item no. 0991-A) are beginning to arrive in GPO's Library Services unit and are being prepared for shipment.Volume 1 (Organic Laws, Title 1 to Title 5) is being prepared for shipment on Shipping List 2008-0021-S. Stock for Volume 2 (Title 5 to Title 7) has just been received in our warehouse and will be prepared for… Read More

Volumes of the 2006 edition of the U.S. Code (Y 1.2/5: item no. 0991-A) are beginning to arrive and are being prepared for shipment to Federal depository libraries under:Item Number: 0991-AClass: Y 1.2/5:Shipping List:Volume 1 (Organic Laws, Title 1 to Title 5): 2008-0021-SVolume 2 (Title 5 to Title 7): TBDStock for Volume 2 has just been received in our warehouse and… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announcement that Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS) of Bethesda, Maryland has been selected to assist GPO with the process to convert the historic GPO shelflist. This contract, a one-year project with four option years, will convert approximately 600,000 cards in the historic card catalog, covering… Read More

GPO is currently recruiting for a Supervisory Content Acquisitions Librarian. This position is in Library Technical Information Services located in the Central Office, Washington, D.C.The Supervisory Acquisitions Librarian serves as the librarian/specialist for acquiring materials in all formats for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the Cataloging and… Read More

Separates:Depository Distribution is working with the UPS Account Manager to resolve some minor issues in regard to the UPS small package contract. The shipping list number for "Separates" will appear on the label. This will be amended soon. One "separate" has been processed under the new contract. The "separate" items you have received bearing a UPS label belong to… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office is modifying a cataloging practice for serial titles. This change will impact fields of the MARC cataloging record. Staff will now be using the 776 MARC field to link records for serial titles in various formats. The use of the 780/785 MARC field will not be used, as was past practice, unless one version actually is discontinued and is… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office is modifying a cataloging practice for serial titles. This change will impact fields of the MARC cataloging record. Staff will now be using the 776 MARC field to link records for serial titles in various formats. The use of the 780/785 MARC field will not be used, as was past practice, unless one version actually is discontinued and is… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce the release of Authenticated Public and Private Laws for the 110th Congress on GPO Access. In May 2007, GPO released a beta version of this database. The unsigned PDF files in the existing database for Public and Private Laws for the 110th Congress will be replaced with the authenticated PDF files previously… Read More

Effective immediately, GPO will cease using cutter numbers on the Hearings issued by the Joint Economic Committee:SuDoc Y 4.EC 7:Item nos. 1000-B (P), 1000-C (MF)GPO will use the serial number that is on the Hearing as the suffix for the SuDoc class. This new procedure is consistent with the classification numbers assigned to other Congressional Committee Hearings… Read More