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GPO doubles congressionally mandated reports on govinfo. A policy commentary

This morning, I received a press release from the Government Publishing Office (GPO) “GPO Doubles Congressionally Mandated Reports on GovInfo.” This is great news indeed, and something that we’ve been advocating for and tracking on for over 10 years. These reports have long been largely “unreported” and difficult for the public to find and use […]

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FGI’s comment on GPO’s draft policy on preservation (SOD-PPS-4-2026)

GPO has asked for comments on its draft of a new version of its policy statement SOD-PPS-4-2026, “Permanent Public Access to U.S. Government Public Information through Preservation” which will supercede SOD-PPS-2016-4 (effective July 5, 2016). Unfortunately, the comment form had a 4000 character limit, so below is FGI’s complete comment. This policy implies that there […]

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GPO and Library of Congress Digitize 10,000 Volumes of the United States Serial Set

Happy new year readers! Here’s a bit of good news in the midst of all of the craziness (as an aside, has our federal government gone insane?!). I just received a press release from the Government Publishing Office (GPO) that GPO and the Library of Congress have digitized 10,000 Volumes of the United States Serial […]

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FGI public testimony before Congress advocates for GPO gift authority

Here’s something fun I did this week. For their public witness day, I submitted testimony before the House appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch for their FY2026 budget. :slightly_smiling_face: Many thanks to Daniel Schuman of the American Governance Institute and founder and an editor of the First Branch Forecast (you’re all subscribed to FBF right?!). […]

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Reference question and the saga of chasing down a Congressionally mandated report

I had a student come to me looking for a federal document called “Population representation in the military services.” She was doing research into the history of enlistment in the armed forces and was interested in finding statistics on the number of enlistments and applications to enlist per state from 1985 – 2000. The report […]

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