GPO Director Names Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs
WASHINGTON —U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial
Halpern named James (Jay) McCarthy GPO as the Agency’s Chief of Intergovernmental
Affairs. In this role McCarthy serves as the official point of contact with Congress; the
District of Columbia government; professional trade organizations; public policy advocacy
groups; and civic organizations including the NoMa Business Improvement District (BID)
group and the Union Station Expansion Project. He is responsible for coordinating with
the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) to ensure Agency actions are guided by precedent
and supported by Congressional authorization. In addition to being a liaison between GPO
and Congress, McCarthy works with other Congressional offices within legislative,
executive, and judicial branch agencies.
“Jay brings a wealth of Congressional and Capitol Hill experience to GPO,” said GPO
Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “I look forward to continuing our work together as he
takes on the work of overseeing GPO’s interactions with other Federal agencies and local
government and civic organizations. The GPO team congratulates Jay on his well-deserved
promotion.”
Prior to being named Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs, McCarthy served as GPO’s
Congressional Relations Specialist since January of 2018. In this capacity he developed
annual budget requests, helped prepare testimony for Agency officials before
congressional committees, and served as GPO’s primary liaison with Congress. Before
joining GPO, McCarthy worked in the United States Senate for more than 15 years. During
his Senate service, he worked for Senators Edward M. Kennedy, Charles E. Schumer, and
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as well as the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
While serving with the Rules Committee, Jay performed oversight of GPO. A graduate of
the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, McCarthy is a native of New Bedford, MA.
GPO is the Federal Government’s resource for publishing trusted information for the Federal Government to the American people. The GPO is responsible for the production
and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal
Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official
publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print
formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through
www.govinfo.gov and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit
www.gpo.gov.
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