GPO Director Presents FY 2027 Appropriations Request to Congress

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern presented GPO’s FY 2027 appropriations request before the U.S. House and U.S. Senate Subcommittees on Legislative Branch Appropriations this spring.

Director Halpern requested appropriations in the amount of $132,000,000, an amount equal to GPO’s FY 2026 appropriation. GPO operates as a business, and directly appropriated funds represent only about nine percent of GPO’s revenue. The remainder of GPO’s revenue comes from GPO’s billings to its other Federal customers, such as the State Department, the courts, the White House, and many others.

The FY 2027 request will enable GPO to:

• meet projected requirements for congressional publishing.
• fund the operation of the public information programs through which GPO administers the nationwide Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
• develop information technology including GovInfo and XPub that support congressional publishing and public information program operations.

“For the 29th consecutive year, GPO received an unmodified, or ‘clean,’ opinion on its financial statements, showing that we closed our books for fiscal year 2025 with net positive income of $32.8 million,” said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “That is our fifth consecutive positive result and will enable us to continue investing in our team, equipment, and campus.”