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As of February 2024, GPO’s Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) has posted a new set of all MARC bibliographic records (1,080,961) in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) on GitHub. That is an increase of 58,079 records (6%) since the 2023 snapshot. In combination with the CGP Records Monthly Files collection of… Read More

This message is being posted on behalf of the U.S. Census Bureau. Census Academy is offering a 2024 webinar series, “Exploring the Diversity of Census Bureau Data.” This webinar series will use real-life scenarios to help you learn how to locate and use data tools to access Census Bureau data. “Exploring the Diversity of Census Bureau Data” is broken… Read More

FDLP.gov will undergo routine maintenance this week. Start Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 3:00 p.m. (EST) End Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (EST) Total Duration: 3 hours During this time, no content will be updated, and you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange. Start Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 5:00 p.m. (EST) End Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (EST) Total Duration: 3 hours The site should be accessible during maintenance, but certain functions may not be available. During this period, users are… Read More

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