| LC control no. | no2015002503 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United States. Government Publishing Office |
| Variant(s) | GPO (Agency) U.S. Government Publishing Office Government Publishing Office (U.S.) |
| See also | Predecessor: United States. Government Printing Office |
| Biography/History note | The United States Government Publishing Office is the federal government's official, digital, secure resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government. The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the federal government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other federal agencies in digital and print formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to federal government information at no charge through their Federal Digital System (www.fdsys.gov), partnerships with approximately 1,200 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program, and their online bookstore. |
| Beginning date | 2014-12-16 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Address | 732 North Capitol Street, NW Washington DC United States 20401-0001 |
| Field of activity | Government publications Government information Electronic government information Printing, Public |
| Found in | United States Government Publishing Office website, January 8, 2015: newsroom/media, press release December 17, 2014 (Section 1301 of H.R. 83, the legislation providing consolidated and further continuing appropriations for FY 2015 that was recently passed by Congress and signed into law last night by President Barack Obama, changes the name of the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office; publishing reflects the increasingly prominent role that GPO plays in providing access to government information in digital formats through the agency's Federal Digital System, apps, e-books, and related technologies; U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20401-0001) FDsys, viewed Mar. 6, 2015: caption (GPO, U.S. Government Publishing Office) |
| Associated language | eng |
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