GPO

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GPO is the common abbreviation for the United States Government Publishing Office, the federal agency responsible for producing and distributing information products and services for all branches of the U.S. government.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Government Publishing Office
federal agency
government publishing office
abbreviation GPO
country United States of America
dateFounded 1861
dateRenamed 2014
distributionChannel Federal Depository Library Program
employs federal civil service employees
formerName United States Government Printing Office
foundedBy United States Congress
fullName United States Government Publishing Office
hasDirectorTitle Director of the Government Publishing Office
headquartersBuilding Government Publishing Office Building
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English
legalBasis Title 44 of the United States Code
locatedIn District of Columbia
North Capitol Street
near Union Station, Washington, D.C.
mandate ensure public access to official publications of the U.S. government
operates GPO online bookstore
GovInfo.gov
oversightBy Joint Committee on Printing
ownership United States federal government
parentOrganization legislative branch of the United States government
primaryFunction distribute information products for the U.S. federal government
produce information products for the U.S. federal government
provide publishing services for all branches of the U.S. government
prints U.S. passports
secure government documents
product Congressional Record
Federal Register
U.S. Code volumes
federal government reports
official government publications
regionServed United States
renamedFrom United States Government Printing Office
responsibleFor cataloging and indexing U.S. government publications
dissemination of official U.S. government information
sector public sector
servesBranch Executive branch of the United States
Judicial branch of the United States
United States Congress
technologyRole provides digital access to government information
typeOfAgency legislative branch agency

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Federal Digital System
GovInfo.gov
operatedBy
GPO
abbreviation
GovInfo.gov ("GPO seal of authenticity")
authenticationMethod
FDsys ("GPO Access")
predecessor
FDsys ("GPO Access")
replaced
Government Printing Office
shortName

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