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Six Libraries Partner with GPO to Preserve Government Information

01/31/23  Libraries at the University of Montana, the University of Memphis, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have signed Memorandum of Agreements with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) to become Preservation Stewards, and three other libraries are adding materials to their current Preservation Steward collections.

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GPO Digitizes Historic Congressional Directories From the 1800s

01/23/23  The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is digitizing historic volumes of the Congressional Directory from the 19th and 20th centuries. The first release includes Directories from 1869–1888, as well as 1993. Additional digitized historic Congressional Directories will be released on GovInfo as they are completed.

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GPO Print Procurement Program Helps Local Businesses in 2022

12/20/22  The U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) print procurement program awarded $477.2 million in contracts with private sector printing companies across the country to meet the printing and publishing needs of Federal agencies in fiscal year 2022. Nearly 80% of all printing ordered by Federal agencies from GPO is performed by private sector firms working under contract with the Agency.

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Task Force Recommends a Digital Federal Depository Library Program

12/19/22  The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern earlier this year appointed a Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (“Task Force”) to determine the feasibility of a digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

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Alaska Library Celebrates 100 Years in GPO's Federal Depository Library Program

12/07/22  The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ (UAF) Elmer E. Rasmuson Library marks a century of service to GPO and the Federal Government. The library became part of the Federal Depository Library Progam (FDLP) on December 6, 1922. The library serves the university community, as well as interior Alaska and the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

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GPO Named One of America's Best Employers for Veterans

11/09/22  The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2022. GPO has a long-standing history of employing veterans dating back to the Civil War and currently employs 640 veterans who who make up 40 percent of the Agency’s workforce.

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