GPO Director Names Managing Director of Government Publishing & Print Procurement: GPO's Jamie Fowler Began Working in Print Shops at Age 16

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern named Jamie Fowler GPO Managing Director of Government Publishing & Print Procurement (GPPP). As Managing Director of GPPP, Fowler oversees GPO’s Customer Services business unit, a public/private sector partnership consisting of printing professionals located in Washington D.C., a nationwide network of procurement teams, and private-sector print providers in all 50 States. GPPP is dedicated to ensuring that GPO Federal customers’ publishing requirements are met with quality products and solutions provided in a timely, cost-effective, and professional manner through 

a network of private sector printers and publishers nationwide. 

“Jamie has lived and breathed the printing industry since he was 16 years old,” said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “He has demonstrated that he knows our customers’ needs and how we can leverage GPO’s resources to deliver. He’s an ideal choice to lead this team.”

Fowler brings nearly two decades of experience meeting Federal Customer agencies’ printing and publishing needs. He joined GPO in 2008 as a Printing Specialist. In this role he founded the GPO Onsite Services contract, which has since become one of GPO’s largest procurement vehicles. Fowler moved through the ranks of GPO’s GPPP team as an Assistant Manager and Manager. He most recently served as the Chief of DC Procurement and served as interim Managing Director of GPPP for two months before being officially named Managing Director in July 2025. Fowler has worked to establish protocols for handling customer relationships and ensures timely and effective advice to customer agencies regarding new contract requests. He has helped to handle some of GPPP’s most important procurements, such as the printing of the United States Census and the Medicare & You handbook. Fowler is dedicated to maintaining a first-rate customer service experience.

At the influence of his father, who repaired and sold printing equipment, Fowler began working in print shops when he was 16 years old and worked in commercial printing for 13 years prior to moving into customer services and sales roles. He is a graduate of the Excellence in Government Fellows Program.