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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has been named one of the best employers in America by Forbes for the third year in a row. GPO ranked in the top 15 amongst mid-sized agencies in Government Services. GPO joined the National Archives and Records Administration and Federal Communications Commission in the category for best Government agencies. Forbes’ America… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) will perform scheduled maintenance on the Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government website. Start: Saturday, February 24, 2024, 8:00 a.m. (EST) End: Saturday, February 24, 2024, 5:00 p.m. (EST) Total Duration: 9 hours The website may be inaccessible during maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate… Read More

Digital FDLP implementation activities continue to impact FDLP print distribution. Item selection profiles have been updated in DSIMS to reflect those libraries chosen to receive the titles on the Print Distribution Titles (PDT) list with limited distribution (20- or 50-copy quantities). Library allocation data for these limited titles is available here. Starting… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Researching Women's, Gender, and LGBTQIA+ Perspectives at the Library of Congress." Date:  Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. … Read More

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

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.  Check out these free, upcoming educational webinars and events from the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO):  Health Statistics on the Web; Katie Pierce Farrier & Christine Nieman (Network of the National Library of Medicine); Thursday, February 15, 2024; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. … Read More

Since October 2018, the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO’s) Library Technical Services (LTS) department has been cataloging Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports. As of January 31, 2024, our librarians achieved a major milestone by surpassing 10,000 records, thus completing cataloging for 10,230 reports. This is approximately 86% of all… Read More

In the digital-first Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the structure is shifting away from a regional depository state-based program to a National Collection Service Area (NCSA)-based program.  Each NCSA will have a steering committee for the purposes of: Facilitating discussion and collaboration among the Federal depository libraries in the NCSA. … Read More

New webcasts on GovInfo’s Congressional Mandated Reports collection are now available for viewing. Available Webcasts:  Basic Search (5 minutes, 43 seconds) Advanced Search (6 minutes, 10 seconds) Browse by Topic (3 minutes, 44 seconds) Browse by Agency (3 minutes, 59 seconds)  Table of Reports (3 minutes, 26… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government, has  earned a CoreTrustSeal certification for the first time. This certification provides data producers assurance that their materials are stored in a reliable manner and to the public that… Read More