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Historic Publications for Summer 2024

August 02, 2024
New featured publications have been added to the Historic Publications page for Summer 2024, including: Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands from Digital Content Contributor Indiana State Library. Peace Corps publications from Digital Content Contributor University of Memphis. New additions… Read More

Overview and Sources of GPO Catalog Records Web Pages

August 02, 2024
The Overview of GPO's Catalog Records web page was recently updated and is now linked from the Sources of GPO Cataloging Records web page under the section “About GPO catalog records." The Overview web page provides a high-level description of GPO catalog records, including updated or changed records. This may be useful information to share with colleagues at… Read More

Four Libraries Partner With GPO to Preserve Government Documents

August 01, 2024
Libraries at Colgate University and the University of Idaho have signed Memorandums of Agreement with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) to become Preservation Stewards, and libraries at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and Colorado School of Mines have expanded their partnerships with GPO. To help libraries meet the needs of efficient Government… Read More

GPO’s Library Technical Services is Now Metadata and Collection Services

August 01, 2024
Effective today, Thursday, August 1, 2024, the business unit in GPO’s Library Services & Content Management, formerly known as Library Technical Services, will now be named Metadata and Collection Services (MCS). This name change was put into place to better reflect the unit’s business operations, which focus on providing metadata analysis and creating metadata for… Read More

Constitution Day Preparations: Order Pocket Constitutions by September 3, 2024

July 31, 2024
Get ready for Constitution Day! You can now order your library’s batch of free Pocket Constitutions. Each Federal depository library may order up to 100 copies. All orders must be placed by September 3, 2024, in order to ensure delivery for Constitution Day, which is on September 17. Don’t delay; place your order soon to ensure delivery. Order Pocket… Read More

GPO Director Names Managing Director Security and Intelligent Documents

July 25, 2024
U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern has named David (Dave) Spiers as Managing Director, Security and Intelligent Documents (SID). In this capacity, Spiers will lead the GPO business unit that designs, prints, personalizes, and delivers Secure Federal Credentials for many Government Agencies, which includes the U.S. passport for the U.S… Read More

FDLP.gov Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

July 22, 2024
FDLP.gov will undergo routine maintenance this week. Start Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 3:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours During this time, no content will be updated, and you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and… Read More

FDLP eXchange Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

July 22, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange. Start Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 5:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours The site should be accessible during maintenance, but certain functions may not be available. During this period, users are advised… Read More