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Ben’s Guide to  the U.S. Government will undergo scheduled maintenance this week. Start Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022, 1:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 1 hour During this time users may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation… Read More

GPO recently distributed the publication Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations. This publication is now being offered as a Special Selection Offer. Libraries not selecting item number 0830-I can request to receive the publication. Cataloging and distribution information: Title: Not yet imagined : a study of Hubble Space Telescope… Read More

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern is soliciting comments on the Agency’s draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2023–2027. The Director welcomes comments from stakeholders and members of the public. The Agency will review all comments submitted as it finalizes its strategic plan. The plan proposes updates to the Agency’s vision,… Read More

The deadline to apply to take part in the second LSCM Pilot Project has been extended to Friday, April 15, 2022. The second opportunity is scoped as cataloging, item-level inventory, condition assessment, and digitization of a collection of 200-300 Federal Government print publications focused on a state, region, common theme, or topic, and preferably… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have made President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget digitally available. The Budget, which is made up of three volumes, is available for free on GPO’s govinfo, the one-stop site to authentic information published by the Federal Government. The President’s Budget is one of the most… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange. Start Date: Monday, March 28, 2022, 5:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Monday, March 28, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours The site should be accessible during maintenance, but certain functions may not be available. During the period, users are advised… Read More

New forms are now available for the submission of questions related to bibliographic records for Federal depository libraries. The forms are intended to facilitate the submission process and to enable GPO’s Library Technical Services staff to respond to questions more expeditiously. The forms will be used to submit questions in three inquiry categories: Cataloging… Read More

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

National Library Week (NLW) is April 3-9, 2022, and National Library Workers’ Day is April 5. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) wants to showcase Federal depository libraries nationwide and the important work you do every day. Help GPO shine a spotlight on you and your library. Tell us about why you are passionate about the FDLP and free public access to… Read More

A new data dashboard is now available to visualize various aspects of the bibliographic records for Federal Government information products in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). The CGP Data Dashboard is the start of LSCM’s exploration of the CGP as a data set. We plan to use CGP data to tell stories about Government information and the FDLP and to… Read More