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With the 112th Congress, committees from the U.S. House of Representatives have been created, discontinued, or names have been changed.New: Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceDiscontinued: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global WarmingName Changes:The House Committee on Education and Labor has changed to the House Committee on Education and the… Read More

With the 112th Congress, committees from the U.S. House of Representatives have been created, discontinued, or names have been changed. As a result, Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classes and item numbers are currently being reviewed. Changes will be reflected in WebTech Notes, the Catalog of Government Publications (CGP), and the List of Classes. Read More

Public Printer Bill Boarman has named Mary Alice Baish Assistant Public Printer, Superintendent of Documents, for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). This position is the agency's lead in guaranteeing permanent public access to Government information published by the three branches of the Federal Government. Baish will oversee GPO's Library Services & Content… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, January 22nd.Start Time: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 10:00 a.m. EDTEnd Time: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 12:01 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: 2 hours During the maintenance period, some services may have limited or no availability due to the nature of the work being performed… Read More

Public Printer Bill Boarman has named Davita Vance-Cooks as Chief of Staff for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The Chief of Staff is the principal advisor to the Public Printer on overall management of the agency. Vance-Cooks will be responsible for formulation and coordination of all internal and external agency policies.“Davita’s leadership and experience in… Read More

Published by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened on April 20, 2010 when the Macondo well blew out. The explosion cost the lives of 11 men and initiated the… Read More

The American Library Association (ALA)’s midwinter conference kicked off last week in San Diego, CA, which coincided with William J. Boarman’s first week as Public Printer of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Given the timing of these events, Mr. Boarman was regrettably unable to attend; however, he prepared a statement for conference participants conveying his… Read More

William J. "Bill" Boarman has been sworn in as the 26th Public Printer of the United States. President Barack Obama announced his appointment on December 29, 2010. Boarman will serve as the Chief Executive Officer and lead more than 2,300 employees at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The historic agency was created by Congress 150 years ago and opened its doors… Read More

On December 29, 2010, Bob Tapella announced his resignation as Public Printer of the United States. Tapella became Public Printer in 2007 at the request of President George W. Bush."It has been a pleasure serving both the Obama and Bush Administrations during the last eight years at GPO," said Mr. Tapella. "I want to thank the hardworking men and women of GPO who have… Read More

This month the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has chosen to spotlight seventeen depository libraries who worked together to produce a government information conference in a virtual realm. Numerous depository coordinators and government information professionals were involved in making the project happen. The resulting conference that took place was attended… Read More