On Nov. 2, 2011 ACRL president, Joyce L. Ogburn, Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian, Univ. of Utah responded to recent GPO rulings that rejected new multi-state partnerships within the FDLP. From the letter to William Boarman, Public…
Posts Tagged ‘gpo’
ACRL Calls on GPO to Work with Depository Libraries to Develop Multi-State Collaborative Models
08
Nov
United States Courts Opinions on FDSYS
24
Oct
Last week I had the privilege of attending the Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference in Crystal City, Virginia. I was very excited to hear a presentation from the GPO about the new U.S. Court Opinion Pilot…
Apparently the GPO Is Not Considered an Essential Government Service by Some Members of Congress
01
Aug
At least not if one views the issue in the context H.R. 2551, The Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill [Thomas]. Case in point, in response to the GPO’s request for $5 million to continue the development of FDsys, the House cut…
Freeing Digitally Conceived Text, Part 1: The Federal Government as Documentation Authenticator, FDsys as a Trusted Repository, and the GPO as a Bulk Distributor of XML Files
06
Jul
For nearly 150 years, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been the official disseminator of Government documents and has assured users of their authenticity. The adoption of digital technology has changed the ways products are created, managed, and delivered…
