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President Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Hugh Nathanial Halpern as GPO Director

10/16/19  On October 15th President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate Hugh Nathanial Halpern as Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). The Director serves as the chief executive officer of the agency, which opened on March 4, 1861.

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GPO Produces U.S. Code with New Digital Publishing Technology

09/24/19  U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has taken a major step forward in the modernization of its publishing systems by beginning to publish the 2018 main edition of the United States Code through XPub, the agency’s new digital technology for XML-based publishing. With the implementation of XPub,

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Four Libraries Sign Preservation Steward Agreements with GPO

08/07/19  Georgia Southern University Libraries, Syracuse University Libraries, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and Lether E. Frazar Memorial Library each signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) to become Preservation Stewards.

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GPO Digitizes Public Papers of the Presidents

07/10/19  U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) have digitized volumes of The Public Papers of the Presidents for Presidents Herbert Hoover (1929) through George H.W. Bush (1990), with the exception of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency.

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The White House Announces the Withdrawal of GPO Director Nominee

06/25/19  The White House announced the withdrawal of the nomination for Robert C. Tapella to be Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). Tapella was initially nominated by President Donald J. Trump for the position in June 2018 and then re-nominated in January 2019.

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2018 Annual Report

05/08/19  U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) releases its Annual Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

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