FDLP Digital Transition Timeline

The FDLP is evolving. Visit the new web page, Evolution of a Digital FDLP: A Transition Timeline, for a high-level overview of where we have been and how we are planning for the future.

The transition began 30 years ago with the GPO Access Act. We have come a long way since then, as we implement a digital-first strategy. In FY 1995, the number of print titles sent to Federal depository libraries was 17,466. By FY 2022, that number had fallen to 4,371. Additionally, the Superintendent of Documents’ appropriations earmarked for printing dropped by about 50 percent since 2007, from almost $10.5 million to $5.2 million.

The timeline includes laws, policies, directives, reports, and major activities that illustrate the progress in the transition to a digital FDLP. Because the FDLP is dependent upon Federal agency publications and their dissemination of them, the timeline includes documentation that affected Federal agency practices as well.

In addition to this new web page, you can also access information on GPO’s digital FDLP implementation via FDLP.gov.