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{{Short description|Department in the United States government}}
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[[File:Teresa Navarro Nasif at Consumer Information Center.jpg|thumb|Government publications on the desk of former FCIC director Teresa Nasif]]
'''USAGov''', formerly the '''Federal Citizen Information Center''' and '''Federal Consumer Information Center''' ('''FCIC'''), is a department in the [[United States government]]'s [[General Services Administration]].  FCIC, founded in 1970, began as the federal government's distribution outlet for free and low cost federal consumer publications sent out from the [[United States Government Printing Office|Government Printing Office]] (GPO) facility in [[Pueblo, Colorado]].  Since 1970, FCIC's mission has broadened significantly to include helping people interact with the federal government via toll-free telephone numbers, print publications, and a family of web sites and other electronic resources such as Twitter and Facebook accounts. FCIC was renamed USAGov in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Crane| first = Sarah| title = What's in a Name?| work = Blog {{!}} USAGov| access-date = 2018-02-27| date = 2016-02-12| url = https://blog.usa.gov/what-s-in-a-name}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Congressman Frank Evans Government Printing Office Distribution Center.JPG|225px|thumb|The distribution facility in Pueblo, Colorado (2023)]]
The FCIC distribution facility in Pueblo received so much mail that the [[United States Postal Service]] assigned it its own [[ZIP Code]], 81009. A 2006 FCIC audience survey showed that more than 26% of the respondents recognized Pueblo as a source of helpful federal information. USAGov transferred its publication distribution program to the [[Government Publishing Office]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web| last1 = Dornfried| first1 = Walter| last2 = Tyler| first2 = Nancy| title = Change Comes to USAGov's Historic Publication Program| work = Blog {{!}} USAGov| access-date = 2018-02-27| date = 2016-10-18| url = https://blog.usa.gov/change-comes-to-usagovs-historic-publication-program}}</ref>

The facility was sited in Pueblo at the behest of [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Frank Evans (politician)|Frank Evans]], who was born in the city, after questioning why only big cities were considered. In 2010 President [[Barack Obama]] signed a law renaming FCIC's building the Congressman Frank Evans Government Printing Office Distribution Center<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chieftain.com/article/20101216/NEWS/312169940 |title=Obama makes it official: GPO center named for the late Frank Evans |author=Peter Roper |date=Dec 16, 2010 |work=[[Pueblo Chieftain]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chieftain.com/article/20110419/NEWS/304199925 |title=Document center named for Frank Evans |author=Peter Roper |date=Apr 19, 2011 |work=Pueblo Chieftain}}</ref> or the Frank Evans Government Printing Office Building.<ref>{{USStatute|111|299|124|3269|2010|12|14}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official|https://www.usa.gov/explore/}}
* [https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOBOOK/bulletins/7a5307 Over 1 Billion Served: GPO’s Pueblo Distribution Center Hits Historic Milestone]

[[Category:Pueblo, Colorado]]
[[Category:General Services Administration]]


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