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35-804: The director of The U.S. Government Publishing Office , formerly the public printer of the United States , is the head of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). Pursuant to 44 U.S.C.   § 301 , this officer is nominated by the president of the United States and approved by the United States Senate . The title was changed to "Director" when in December 2014, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law H.R. 83, which consolidated and continued appropriations for FY 2015. Section 1301 of that act changed

70-462: A depository library, or it may be stripped of its depository status by the Superintendent of Documents if it does not carry out its responsibilities as enumerated in the U.S. Code. In either case, the library must properly dispose of the government documents it acquired while part of the program as these publications are the property of the U.S. Government. The documents would generally be returned to

105-534: A peak employment of 8,500 in 1972. The agency began transformation to computer technology in the 1980s; along with the gradual replacement of paper with electronic document distribution, this has led to a steady decline in the number of staff at the agency. For its entire history, the GPO has occupied the corner of North Capitol Street NW and H Street NW in the District of Columbia. The large red brick building that houses

140-624: Is to "protect persons and property in premises and adjacent areas occupied by or under the control of the Government Printing Office". Officers are authorized to bear and use arms in the performance of their duties, make arrests for violations of Federal and state law (and that of Washington, D.C. ), and enforce the regulations of the Public Printer, including requiring the removal from GPO premises of individuals who violate such regulations. Officers have concurrent jurisdiction with

175-626: The Congressional Record , Supreme Court decisions, passports, tax forms, internal government documents, and agency publications. The GPO did not print money, as that is a duty of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing . Benjamin Franklin served as Public Printer for several of the American colonies prior to the establishment of the United States. The House and Senate had separate printers until 1861, when

210-626: The Congressional Record , the Federal Register , Public Papers of the Presidents , the U.S. Code , and other materials. Security and law enforcement for GPO facilities is provided by the Government Publishing Office Police . The force is part of the GPO's Security Services Division , and in 2003 it had 53 officers. Officers are appointed under Title 44 USC § 317 by the Public Printer (or their delegate). Their duty

245-621: The Washington Times published a three-part story about the outsourcing of electronic passports to overseas companies, including one in Thailand that was subject to Chinese espionage. GPO designs, prints, encodes, and personalizes Trusted Traveler Program cards ( NEXUS , SENTRI and FAST) for the Department of Homeland Security , Customs and Border Protection (CBP). GPO publishes the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual . Among

280-797: The Cataloging and Indexing Program and the Publication Sales Program, as well as operation of the Federal Citizen Information Center in Pueblo, Colorado . Adelaide Hasse was the founder of the Superintendent of Documents classification system. The GPO first used 100 percent recycled paper for the Congressional Record and Federal Register from 1991 to 1997, under Public Printers Robert Houk and Michael DiMario. The GPO resumed using recycled paper in 2009. In March 2011,

315-600: The FDLP was established by an 1813 Congressional Joint Resolution ordering that certain publications be distributed to libraries outside of the federal government. Initially, the Librarian of Congress was responsible for running this program, but the responsibility shifted to the Secretary of the Interior in the 1850s. The Printing Act of 1895 revised public printing laws and established

350-455: The FDLP website was hacked and defaced with pro-Iranian/anti-US messaging in response to the American airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani , the commander of Iran's Quds Force . The FDLP site was taken offline, then restored the next day following a security analysis . The Government Publishing Office (GPO) is responsible for printing and distributing government documents and overseeing

385-484: The FDLP. There are several important individuals in charge of maintaining the link between GPO and the FDLP: There are two types of depository libraries: There are two ways in which a library may qualify for FDLP status: Libraries with depository status are required to provide the documents received at no cost to their patrons. Though they receive the publications free of charge, depository libraries are responsible for

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420-849: The Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of the Supreme Court , the Congress , the Executive Office of the President , executive departments , and independent agencies . An act of Congress changed the office's name to its current form in 2014. The Government Printing Office was created by congressional joint resolution (12  Stat.   117 ) on June 23, 1860. It began operations March 4, 1861, with 350 employees and reached

455-611: The GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act, which enabled GPO to put Government information online for the first time. One year later, GPO began putting Government information online for the public to access. In 2009, GPO replaced its GPO Access website with the Federal Digital System, or FDsys. In 2016, GPO launched GovInfo , a mobile-friendly website for the public to access Government information. GovInfo makes available at no charge

490-464: The GPO issued a new illustrated official history covering the agency's 150 years of "Keeping America Informed". With demand for print publications falling and a move underway to digital document production and preservation, the name of the GPO was officially changed to "Government Publishing Office" in a provision of an omnibus government funding bill passed by Congress in December 2014. Following signature of this legislation by President Barack Obama ,

525-586: The GPO was erected in 1903 and is unusual in being one of the few large, red brick government structures in a city where most government buildings are mostly marble and granite. (The Smithsonian Castle and the Pension Building, now the National Building Museum , are other exceptions.) An additional structure was attached to its north in later years. The activities of the GPO are defined in the public printing and documents chapters of Title 44 of

560-665: The GPO was established; its first superintendent was John D. Defrees . The first man with the title Public Printer of the United States was Almon M. Clapp . United States Government Publishing Office The United States Government Publishing Office ( USGPO or GPO ), formerly the United States Government Printing Office , is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government . The office produces and distributes information products and services for all three branches of

595-405: The U.S. Code, requires the Superintendent of Documents to maintain an electronic directory of federal electronic information, provide online access to the Congressional Record , Federal Register and other select publications, and operate an electronic storage facility. The electronic service now includes over 2,200 databases and is available via http://www.govinfo.gov . On January 4, 2020,

630-525: The U.S. Code. The DLA allowed two depository libraries in each Congressional district , eliminated postage charges to depository libraries receiving material, provided for the distribution of non-GPO documents, permitted independent federal agencies to be eligible for depository designation, and created regional depository libraries. The Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40), codified in Title 44, Chapter 41 of

665-657: The United States Code . The Director (formerly the Public Printer ), who serves as the head of the GPO, is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate . The Director selects a Superintendent of Documents. The Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) is in charge of the dissemination of information at the GPO. This is accomplished through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP),

700-408: The costs of processing the items and making them available. All depository libraries must make their collections of these documents available to the general public, and the services provided for government documents must be on par with the services offered to the primary users of a library. Circulation policies for government documents, however, are established by each library itself. Libraries may house

735-503: The cover that contains the same information that is printed in the passport: name, date and place of birth, sex, dates of passport issuance and expiration, passport number, and photo of the bearer. GPO produces the blank e-Passport, while the Department of State receives and adjudicates applications and issues individual passports. GPO ceased production of legacy passports in May 2007, shifting production entirely to e-passports. In March 2008,

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770-551: The disposal of depository publications. After 1996, government publications increasingly shifted to online formats; in addition, most Federal publications now originate online. Regional libraries still continue to collect information in a wide variety of formats, but many government documents are now published exclusively online. Electronic documents positively impact issues such as storage, length of retention, and access, which can be enhanced with library networking. Libraries may substitute electronic documents for tangible documents as

805-458: The law enforcement agencies where the premises are located. GPO Police Officers are required to maintain active certification with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department as their agency holds a cooperative agreement with the city, granting GPO Police authority to enforce city laws and regulations to include Traffic Code. Federal Depository Library Program The groundwork for

840-502: The materials however they like; for example, they may separate the government documents from the rest of their collection or they may integrate them. A library cannot filter Internet search results at public access stations as access to health or biological science articles may not be infringed upon. Depository libraries must maintain collections of at least 10,000 books , not including the collection of government documents. A depository library may voluntarily resign from its position as

875-477: The name change took place on December 17, 2014. By law, the Public Printer heads the GPO. The position of Public Printer traces its roots back to Benjamin Franklin and the period before the American Revolution, when he served as "publick printer", whose job was to produce official government documents for Pennsylvania and other colonies. When the agency was renamed in December 2014 the title "Public Printer"

910-538: The name of the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office and the title of public printer to director. Thus, Davita Vance-Cooks was the last public printer of the United States and the first director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office. The director is responsible for the administration of the GPO. The GPO, a legislative agency of the government, provides electronic access to and produced most printed matter for government, including

945-576: The only copy of the item in the collection, as long as the electronic document is complete, official, and permanently accessible. Access to electronic documents is provided through Persistent Uniform Resources Locators (PURL) and is facilitated by GovInfo and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Recently, federal agencies have been bypassing the GPO in lieu of publishing documents directly online. These documents, known as "fugitive documents", are not published through GPO, and hence are not part of

980-464: The program and their associated item numbers. Each item with an item number is available through the FDLP program. Because of the large number of documents published by the government each year, the documents are arranged into categories of related classes from which to choose. By selecting a class, the library receives all of the documents within that class. Selections made during the year take effect on October 1. The Union List of Item Selections updates

1015-453: The regional, then to other depositories ( 44 U.S.C.   § 1912 ). All depository libraries, including regional libraries, may dispose of items that have been superseded or issued later in bound form ( 44 U.S.C.   § 1911 ). If an item has been deselected, the library must still retain the publications it possesses from that item number for five years before they may be discarded. Libraries may not financially benefit from

1050-477: The roles of the FDLP and the Government Printing Office (GPO) in distributing government information. This act also assigned leadership of the program to the Superintendent of Public Documents, who would be under the control of the GPO and added executive documents to the distribution list. The Depository Library Act of 1962 (DLA) created the present-day FDLP as codified in Title 44, Chapter 19 of

1085-592: The state regional library and then redistributed to selected libraries within the state. Libraries are required to maintain a series of titles known as the FDLP Basic Collection. Beyond this, libraries order the materials that best suit the needs of their patrons; there is no selection percentage criterion that must be met. The FDLP offers the opportunity to order several kinds of material for libraries' collections, including maps, Braille, large print documents, foreign language items, and audio. The Core Collection

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1120-487: The titles in the List of Classes on a semiannual basis. Unlike adding items, selections may be removed at any time; the library stops receiving the documents within 72 hours. Selective depository libraries must keep government documents in their collections for five years minimum, after which time the items may be removed from the collection with the approval of a regional library. Items marked for disposal must be offered first to

1155-554: The venerable series are Foreign Relations of the United States for the Department of State (since 1861), and Public Papers of the Presidents , covering the administrations of Presidents Herbert Hoover onward (except Franklin D. Roosevelt , whose papers were privately printed). GPO published the Statistical Abstract of the United States for the Census Bureau from 1878 to 2012. In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed

1190-503: Was also changed to "Director". Davita Vance-Cooks was therefore the first "Director" of the GPO. Superintendent : Public Printers : The GPO contracts out much of the Federal government's printing but prints the official journals of government in-house, GPO has been producing U.S. passports since the 1920s. The United States Department of State began issuing e-passports in 2006. The e-Passport includes an electronic chip embedded in

1225-533: Was established in 1977. Every depository library is required to have certain publications available for use. These include, among others: Libraries select the documents they wish to receive from the List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries and the Union List of Item Selections . This is a document listing all of the classes of items available for selection through

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