United States Government Publishing Office
The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO; formerly the United States Government Printing Office) is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government. The office produces and distributes 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 the Supreme Court, the Congress, the Executive Office of the President, executive departments, and independent agencies.
"Government Printing Office" redirects here. For other uses, see Government Printing Office (disambiguation).Agency overview
March 4, 1861
732 North Capitol St. NW
Washington, D.C.[1]
"Keeping America Informed"[2]
1,920[1]
- Hugh Halpern, Director
An act of Congress changed the office's name to its current form in 2014.[3]
Government Printing Office, the restaurant in 1922
Machine shop in the Government Printing Office
Scene at the Government Printing Office where 3,000,000 unemployment census questionnaires are being printed daily in 1937
The mailroom in 1937
As rapidly as the presses in the Government Printing Office print the unemployment census blanks, workers trim and mail.
