PUBLIC PRINTER BOARMAN APPEARS ON NBC 4 NEWS PROGRAM

WASHINGTON—Public Printer Bill Boarman was a guest on NBC 4’s Viewpoint program. Boarman discussed a variety of issues about the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) with NBC 4’s anchor Jim Handly. The half-hour news program focused on GPO’s role in meeting the information needs of Congress, the White House, and Federal agencies. Boarman and Handly also discussed GPO’s 150^th anniversary and transformation into the digital information platform for the Federal Government.  

 

 

With 2,200 employees, GPO is the Federal Government’s primary resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government in digital and print formats.  GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies. In addition to publication sales, GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through GPO’s Federal Digital System (www.fdsys.gov) and through partnerships with approximately 1,220 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov. Follow GPO on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/USGPO Twitter http://twitter.com/USGPO and on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/gpoprinter.