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In the fall of 2016, the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Superintendent of Documents entered into an interagency agreement with the Federal Research Division (FRD) of the Library of Congress to develop and test a methodology for identifying agency digital publishing, dissemination, and preservation policies and practices. The final report, "Disseminating and… Read More

Don’t miss the spring 2016 Depository Library Council (DLC) Virtual Meeting, Wednesday – Friday, April 27 – 29, 2016. View our preliminary schedule, and register to participate in the virtual programs. Each session will include opportunities to collaborate with and provide feedback to the DLC and staff at the U.S. Government Publishing Office. In addition, participate… Read More

Numerous historic military registers have been identified as containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII). The U.S. Department of the Navy notified the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) that these volumes should no longer be in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Please remove these items from your depository collections immediately and destroy… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) must perform scheduled maintenance on the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) this weekend: Start Date: Tuesday, September 10, 6:00 p.m. EDT End Date: Tuesday, September 10, 7:00 p.m. EDT Total Duration: Approximately 1 hour Between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00p.m. that day, DSIMS will not be accessible… Read More

Once again the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of Congress (LC) have collaborated to increase access to the Congressional Record (CR). At the request of the House Administration Committee, LC created an iPad app that provides access to the daily edition of the CR dating from January 4, 1995. The app uses CR files and associated metadata provided by… Read More

The individual library reports conveying the results of the depository library user survey are now available for downloading. The survey was conducted from October 18, 2010 through March 4, 2011 and responses were received for about 45% of the Federal depository libraries. The reports contain charts that compare the library’s results with the aggregated results for its… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) recently announced the retrospective distribution of U.S. Imports of Merchandise (C 3.278/2:) and U.S. Exports of Merchandise (C 3.278/3:), which were formerly distributed to depository libraries under item number 0154-D. As a result of the discrepancies between USA Trade® Online and the U.S. Imports of Merchandise and U.S… Read More

The December 2009 revision of the Federal Depository Library Handbook (FDLH) is now available. There are major revisions to Chapter 7 (Public Access Assessments) and Chapter 11 (Collaborative Efforts). Chapter 7 was revised and renamed to reflect an emphasis on depository cooperation and Public Access Assessments. Chapter 11 was revised and renamed to bring greater… 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

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and Oklahoma State University (OSU) are pleased to announce that a redesign of the Browse Topics Web site is underway. This redesign continues GPO's and OSU's successful partnership to create topical pathfinders to electronic Federal Government information. The new Browse Topics Web site: Includes an updated list of topical… Read More