GovInfo

  • Last Updated: June 24, 2025
  • Published: June 24, 2025

About

GovInfo is a service of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) that provides free public access to millions of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. GovInfo provides robust search capabilities powered by expansive metadata with a state-of-the-art search engine. It is also a standards-compliant preservation repository and content management system that securely controls digital content throughout its lifecycle to ensure content integrity and authenticity. Previous iterations of the website were known as GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) and GPO Access. See more information about GovInfo.

What is available on GovInfo?

GovInfo provides access to Federal publications in a variety of formats, including current documents produced and published digitally and digitized historical documents back to 1873. Publications include the Congressional Record, U.S. Congressional Serial Set, U.S. Court opinions, U.S. Reports, bills, laws, reports, hearings, Statutes at Large, the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressionally Mandated Reports, various publications produced by Federal agencies, the Compilation of Presidential Documents, the President’s Budget, and much more. View an alphabetical list of collections, publications, other resources, and external partner sites, as well as a list of standardized collections with information about publications and collections of content. Tips on finding information on GovInfo are also available.

How is GovInfo different from other GPO tools like the CGP or DiscoverGov?

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)

The CGP is GPO's finding tool for the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The National Bibliography is made up of publications from across the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. Government. The CGP is a bibliography, not a document repository. When available, bibliographic records contain links to the online, official, and authoritative copy, which includes content from GovInfo. The CGP is helpful for anyone who wants to locate a Federal Government publication, whether online or in print, at a Federal depository library. Learn more about the CGP.

DiscoverGov

DiscoverGov can retrieve reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to publications available online. View a complete list of resources that can be searched through DiscoverGov. While all the resources searched by DiscoverGov are U.S. Federal Government information products, the content retrieved from within those products may include non-Government publications. Content available in these resources may change over time.sss

To understand the differences between GPO’s products, please consult the table below:

 

CGP

GovInfo

DiscoverGov

System of Record

Yes

Yes

No

Full-text Links in Results

Limited

Yes

Limited

Search Full-text Content

No

Yes

Limited

Citation Generator

No

Yes

Yes

Federated Searching

No

No

Yes

Cataloging

Metadata

Yes: MARC

Yes:

MODS/METS/PREMIS

Yes:

PNX/MARC

Search Types

Basic, Advanced,

Browse,

Expert

Basic,

Advanced,

Browse

Basic, Advanced,

Browse

All Three Branches of Government Represented

Yes

Yes

Yes

GovInfo Policies

The Policies page links to the following GovInfo-specific policies:

  • Digital Dissemination of Access Content Packages
  • Permanent Public Access
  • Preservation Agreement with NARA
  • Public Domain & Copyright Notice
  • Privacy Policy
  • Section 508 / Accessibility
  • Superintendent of Documents Public Policies, Guidance, and Reports

GovInfo Developer Hub

GovInfo offers several services for developers and web administrators to access GovInfo content and metadata. This includes the GovInfo API, Bulk Data Repository, Link Service, Sitemaps, and RSS Feeds. For more information, see the GovInfo Developer Hub or visit GitHub.

Collection Development for GovInfo

Superintendent of Documents Policies Related to GovInfo

Training