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Metadata and Collection Services Posts Over 4,000 Bills and Resolutions Records on GitHub

September 18, 2024
Metadata and Collection Services (MCS), formerly Library Technical Services (LTS), posted the 4,490 House and Senate bills and resolutions introduced from September 2023 through March 2024 on GitHub. These records contain OCLC numbers and Superintendent of Documents classification numbers but not FDLP item numbers. The records are available in OCLC and in the Catalog of U… Read More

Happy Constitution Day!

September 17, 2024
Happy Constitution Day from the U.S. Government Publishing Office! Federal depository libraries across the Nation are celebrating today with events, contests, giveaways, and more. Snap some photos as your events are taking place, and send them to GPO. Your library could be featured via FDLP.gov and GPO social media. We look forward to seeing and sharing how your… Read More

Summer Updates to Your FDLP Shipments

September 16, 2024
GPO’s Depository Distribution unit continues to improve procedures at our distribution facility in Laurel, MD. Print Distribution Titles (PDT) are being shipped to PDT recipients. Overall, libraries may note a decline in the number and frequency of their shipments. Very few shipments are being sent to non-PDT selectors (remaining shipments include, for example,… Read More

New Electronic Titles for August 2024

September 13, 2024
New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for August 2024. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Read More

Three New FDLP Resource Guides for Autumn

September 13, 2024
FDLP Resource Guides has recently debuted three new guides for the fall season: America’s GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums Then and Now Experiences of Hispanics and Latinos U.S. Department of Education (ED) Learn about the Nation’s institutions that focus on its diverse cultures and histories, civil rights experiences of Hispanics and… Read More

Cataloging Options for FDLP Resources

September 12, 2024
GPO is aware that many libraries are reviewing and discussing options for continued cataloging and discovery of Federal depository resources in response to the end of the Cataloging Record Distribution Program and the closure of MARCIVE, Inc. Both services will end in December 2024. GPO thanks MARCIVE for over 40 years of contributions to the Federal Depository Library… Read More

GPO-DOD TEAM WINS 2024 SERVICE TO THE CITIZEN AWARD

September 12, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), alongside the Department of Defense (DoD), has won a 2024 Service to the Citizen Award for making it easier for active, retired, and disabled Uniformed Service members and their families to renew their ID cards. GPO, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), and representatives from across the Uniformed Services partnered… Read More

Congressionally Mandated Reports CGP Records Available on GitHub

September 11, 2024
Federal agencies must now submit congressionally mandated reports to GPO in compliance with the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, after first submitting to Congress or any required committee or subcommittee of Congress. Submitted reports are published and made available to the public on GPO's online system of access, GovInfo, in the Congressionally Mandated… Read More