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GPO is pleased to announce that a contract for upgrading the PURL Server architecture and hosting the new solution has been awarded to Zepheira. The new PURL architecture provides greater flexibility, new features, and the scalability to face an increased demand for PURLs. GPO is currently in the process of migrating to this new architecture (PURLS to PURLZ.)This… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was created when President James Buchanan signed Joint Resolution 25 on June 23, 1860. GPO opened its doors for business nine months later on March 4, 1861. As GPO prepares to celebrate 150 years of Keeping America Informed on the documents of our democracy, Archivist David S. Ferriero invited Public Printer Bob Tapella into the… Read More

GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  March 2010 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

President Barack Obama intends to nominate William J. Boarman as the 26th Public Printer of the United States.Public Printer Bob Tapella Statement"I am very pleased by the President's selection of Bill Boarman to be the 26th Public Printer of the United States. Bill is no stranger to the GPO, as his career took him other places he remained a strong champion and friend of… Read More

The bound Congressional Record has been made available to depository libraries in paper format via several item numbers. The bound Congressional Record is comprised of three parts: the Proceedings, the Daily Digest, and the Index. To eliminate confusion deciding which title corresponds to which item number, the following changes have been made to the distribution of the… Read More

GPO is in the process of loading the data for several new FDsys collections. Users will soon be able to access full collections of data for the U.S. Code, the House Rules & Manual, and the Senate Manual. The FDLP community will be alerted as soon as the migration is complete.Visit FDsys. Read More

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) will be unavailable for a brief interval of time on Monday, April 12th, beginning at 5:00pm, as we perform routine maintenance. We regret any inconvenience this may cause, and we thank you for your understanding as we work to improve FDsys. Read More

Documents of the past combined with the technology of the present can provide unimaginable access to and promotion of Government information. As exemplified by the Sterling C. Evans Library at Texas A&M University, the information in historical Government documents can be integrated with technology in innovative and exciting ways. Pair this with the enthusiastic… Read More

GPO is pleased to announce “Government Book Talk,” a new blog about Government publications! The goal is to raise the profile of some of the best publications from the Federal Government, past and present. New and popular publications will be reviewed, information about new publications will be provided, and some out-of-print classics will be discussed. The idea is to… Read More

In December 2009, LSCM staff in coordination with volunteers in five FDLP libraries conducted a stress test on LSCM’s Aleph production server primarily to test what impact if any the 10,000 record limit in z39.50 has on internal staff’s workflow and on the public using the CGP, on success and speed of transactions and continued connectivity. View a summary of the test and… Read More