Superintendent of Documents Public Policies

SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS PUBLIC POLICY STATEMENT 2016-4

This policy statement is to assert the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) responsibility for preservation of Federal Government publications and information dissemination products to ensure permanent public access for future generations. 

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance and instruction for official agency and Congressional requests to withdraw, withhold or restrict access to information products or services available from GPO’s Superintendent of Documents programs administered through Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) by the Superintendent of Documents. It was an INTERNAL USE ONLY policy, until November 17, 2023. It first became effective September 26, 2009 and was revised July 18, 2011. It supersedes ID 72, dated June 21, 2006.

Superintendent of Documents Public Policy Statement 8-2024. This policy supersedes Superintendent of Documents (SOD) Policy 110, Withdrawal of Federal Information Products from GPO’s Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) Programs.