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=== Name change and shift to digital publishing === | === Name change and shift to digital publishing === | ||
With demand for print publications falling and a move underway to digital document production and preservation, the name of the GPO was officially changed to "Government Publishing Office" in a provision of an omnibus government funding bill passed by Congress in December 2014.<ref>Andrew Siddons, [https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/12/12/ "Government Printer Renamed for Digital Age"], ''The New York Times'', December 12, 2014.</ref> Following signature of this legislation by President [[Barack Obama]], the name change took place on December 17, 2014.<ref name="New Name"/> | With demand for print publications falling and a move underway to digital document production and preservation, the name of the GPO was officially changed to "Government Publishing Office" in a provision of an omnibus government funding bill passed by Congress in December 2014.<ref>Andrew Siddons, [https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/12/12/ "Government Printer Renamed for Digital Age"], ''The New York Times'', December 12, 2014.</ref> Following signature of this legislation by President [[Barack Obama]], the name change took place on December 17, 2014.<ref name="New Name"/> | ||
==Public Printers of the United States== | ==Public Printers of the United States== | ||
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==Internet access to GPO publications== | ==Internet access to GPO publications== | ||
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the [[GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act]], which enabled GPO to put Government information online for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keeping America Informed |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-KEEPINGAMERICAINFORMED-2016/pdf/GPO-KEEPINGAMERICAINFORMED-2016.pdf |website=www.govinfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> One year later, GPO began putting Government information online for the public to access. In 2009, GPO replaced its GPO Access website with the Federal Digital System, or FDsys. In 2016, GPO launched [[GovInfo]], a mobile-friendly website for the public to access Government information.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet govinfo, GPO's Next Generation of Access to Federal Government Information |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/02/meet-govinfo-gpos-next-generation-of-access-to-federal-government-information/ |date=February 10, 2016 |publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> GovInfo makes available at no charge the ''[[Congressional Record]]'', the ''[[Federal Register]]'', [[Public Papers of the Presidents]], the [[U.S. Code]], and other materials. | |||
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act, which enabled GPO to put Government information online for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keeping America Informed |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-KEEPINGAMERICAINFORMED-2016/pdf/GPO-KEEPINGAMERICAINFORMED-2016.pdf |website=www.govinfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> One year later, GPO began putting Government information online for the public to access. In 2009, GPO replaced its GPO Access website with the Federal Digital System, or FDsys. In 2016, GPO launched [[GovInfo]], a mobile-friendly website for the public to access Government information.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet govinfo, GPO's Next Generation of Access to Federal Government Information |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/02/meet-govinfo-gpos-next-generation-of-access-to-federal-government-information/ |date=February 10, 2016 |publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> GovInfo makes available at no charge the ''[[Congressional Record]]'', the ''[[Federal Register]]'', [[Public Papers of the Presidents]], the [[U.S. Code]], and other materials. | |||
==GPO Police== | ==GPO Police== | ||
Security and law enforcement for GPO facilities is provided by the | Security and law enforcement for GPO facilities is provided by the [[Government Publishing Office Police]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GPO Uniformed Police|url=http://www.gpo.gov/careers/police.htm |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |access-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref> The force is part of the GPO's '''Security Services Division''', and in 2003 it had 53 officers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review of Potential Merger of the Library of Congress Police and/or the Government Printing Office Police with the U.S. Capitol Police|url=http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-02-792R|publisher=[[Government Accountability Office]] |access-date=July 5, 2013|date=July 5, 2002}}</ref> Officers are appointed under Title 44 [[United States Code|USC]] § 317 by the Public Printer (or their delegate).<ref name="44 U.S.C. § 317">{{USC|44|317}}</ref> | ||
===Mission=== | ===Mission=== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]], responsible for the printing of [[United States currency]]. | * [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]], responsible for the printing of [[United States currency]]. | ||
* [[National Technical Information Service]] | * [[National Technical Information Service]] | ||
* [[United States Congressional Joint Committee on Printing]] | * [[United States Congressional Joint Committee on Printing]] | ||