Government Printing Office

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federal agency publishing organization

The Government Printing Office, now known as the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), is the federal agency responsible for producing, publishing, and distributing official publications and information products of the United States government.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Government Publishing Office	21
United States Government Publishing Office	11
Government Publishing Office	9
United States Government Printing Office	5
U.S. Government Printing Office	3
Government Printing Office Building	1
United States Government Publishing Office annexes	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency ⓘ publishing organization ⓘ
buildingStyle	industrial architecture ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Library of Congress ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ federal executive agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfRenaming	2014 ⓘ
employs	federal civil service employees ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasBuilding	Government Printing Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Government Printing Office Building
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.gpo.gov ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1861 ⓘ
industry	government publishing ⓘ information dissemination ⓘ printing ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalForm	independent agency of the United States government ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitol Hill ⓘ District of Columbia ⓘ North Capitol Street ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mandate	ensure public access to government information ⓘ support the information needs of Congress ⓘ support the information needs of federal agencies ⓘ support the information needs of the public ⓘ
officialName	Government Printing Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States Government Printing Office
operates	Federal Digital System ⓘ GovInfo.gov ⓘ surface form: govinfo.gov
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
parentOrganization	legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
partOf	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: United States legislative branch
primaryFunction	distribute official publications of the United States government ⓘ produce official publications of the United States government ⓘ publish official publications of the United States government ⓘ
publishes	congressional documents ⓘ federal agency publications ⓘ federal regulations and notices ⓘ official journals of the United States government ⓘ
renamedAs	Government Printing Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Government Publishing Office
responsibleFor	Congressional Record printing ⓘ Federal Register printing ⓘ U.S. passports production ⓘ official federal government documents ⓘ online access to government publications ⓘ
shortName	GPO ⓘ
successor	Government Printing Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Government Publishing Office

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kean-Hamilton Commission → reportPublisher → Government Printing Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Printing Office

Government Printing Office → successor → Government Printing Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Publishing Office

Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives → worksWith → Government Printing Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government Publishing Office