News

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

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

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.  The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking nominations for two Federal depository library awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Learn more about the awards and nomination guidelines. Nominate libraries. Library of the Year … Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. You are cordially invited to join the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Depository Library Council (DLC) for the fall 2024 Federal Depository Library Conference and the FDLP Preconference: Updates from GPO’s Library Services & Content Management. Federal Depository Library… Read More

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 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

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

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern has named Brian Pearl as the Agency’s Deputy Director. In this role, Pearl will serve in the Agency’s second highest-ranking position as its Chief Operating Officer. In addition to other responsibilities, Pearl will oversee GPO’s operations division, which includes Plant Operations, Security and… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Data.gov: Update on OPEN Government Data Act Implementation."  Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speakers:… Read More

The recently identified technical issue with FDLP eXchange has been resolved. The site is now fully functional and available for use. Thank you for your patience. Read More