Andrew M. Sherman

CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Director

As the Director of Congressional Relations, Andrew M. Sherman serves as the official point of contact with the Congress, providing direct liaison with the Congress on behalf of the Public Printer and the U.S. Government Printing Office. Sherman communicates GPO news and other information to the Congress, responds to inquiries from Member and committee offices, works directly with the Joint Committee on Printing, monitors congressional action for impacts on the GPO, and coordinates the GPO’s congressional testimony and legislative initiatives.

Biography

Sherman is a 26-year veteran of the GPO with extensive experience in the GPO’s budget, appropriations, legislation, planning, and public affairs operations. He has worked for the Office of the Public Printer in various capacities since 1985. He is a recipient of the Public Printer’s Award Certificate (1982), three Public Printer Meritorious Service Awards (1987, 1988, 2005), and the Public Printer’s Distinguished Service Award (1992), GPO’s highest honor.

Sherman earned a B.A. (with Distinction) in Government in 1976 and an M.A. in Government in 1981, both from The University of Virginia. He held a Governor’s Fellowship at The University of Virginia’s Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs 1976-77. Prior to joining the GPO he was a graduate teaching assistant in American history at Old Dominion University 1978-80.

He has served as Eastern regional director (1993-95), treasurer (1996), and president of the National State Publishing Association (1997; now the National Government Publishing Association), an organization of state and other government printing and publishing organizations.