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A surprising number of initiatives from the Truman and Eisenhower administrations and the Congresses of that era remain alive and relevant in today's government. Now you can find the Congressional Record from the 1950s online. That's thanks to a digitizing effort by the Government Publishing Office. Laurie Hall, GPO's acting superintendent of documents, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 18, 2017 -
Since the Government Publishing Office, a legislative branch agency, changed its name from the Government Printing Office in 2016, it's been continuing its efforts at modernizing. GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks outlined some of these changes during yesterday's visit to Capitol Hill. Federal News Radio's Meredith Somers shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 18, 2017 -
Brenda Sprague, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for passport services, said the agency has made major changes to its people, process and technology to be able to handle a huge increase in passport applications over the next two years.
March 23, 2017 -
The National Archives and Records Administration is proposing a rule that clarifies public disclosure of presidential records, and the rights of a current and former president to allow that publication, or to block it.
January 03, 2017 -
Fifty years is a long time for a federal career, but we found one employee who joined federal service during the Lyndon Johnson administration. John Crawford, managing director of plant operations for the Government Publishing Office, tells Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
June 09, 2016 -
Some members of industry say the Government Publishing Office is taking advantage of a loophole in Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which lets GPO produce secure credential cards as a core agency function.
October 21, 2015 -
When you create a bureaucracy as large as the federal government, you've got to have a place for all those employees to work. From rural post offices to giant office buildings, federal workspaces have evolved over 200-plus years. As part of Federal News Radio's special report, The Federal Office of the Future, this photo gallery takes a look at the way federal offices have changed over the years.
July 16, 2015 -
The Government Publishing Office is on GitHub. The open source community portal already has more than 10,000 government users worldwide. They use the space to collaborate on software code, data and policy. GPO will share information about how content is stored and processed on its flagship Federal Digital System (FDsys). Lisa LaPlant is the FDsys lead program manager. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the decision to form an open source community.
March 24, 2015 -
The wave of the future in government digital innovation may be in the open source arena, says Federal Drive host Tom Temin.
March 24, 2015 -
The U.S. Government Publishing Office has trimmed its workforce by 5 percent as a result of employee buyouts.
February 04, 2015 -
The Government Printing Office became the first legislative branch agency to put its email in the cloud. CIO Chuck Riddle said once that effort is completed, GPO will move other functions into the cloud.
October 20, 2014 -
The cyber attacks on the Government Printing Office and Government Accountability Office are the latest in a trend of heavier attacks on small agencies. Darren Van Booven, the chief information security officer and assistant chief administrative officer for the House of Representatives, tells Federal News Radio attackers are more sophisticated and they're starting to target small agencies. Rob Zitz is senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos, formerly part of SAIC. He's my guest for Industry Chatter today. He's my guest for Industry Chatter today. He says better cybersecurity starts with three letters: CDM.
July 24, 2014 -
Federal officials say Chinese hackers broke into the networks of the Government Accountability Office and the Government Printing Office back in March. While news of Chinese cyber attacks on federal agencies isn't unprecedented, the March attacks, first reported by the New York Times, have some observers scratching their heads. They say it's unclear why those two agencies would be targeted -- particularly in the case of GPO. Steve Bucci is director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He's also former deputy assistant Defense secretary. He said the attacks shouldn't come as a surprise on In Depth with guest host Jared Serbu.
July 18, 2014 -
The Government Printing Office its employees Tuesday that it planned to request authority from Congress and the Office of Personnel Management to offer buyouts and early outs to 1,850 of its employees. The agency aims to reduce its workforce by 100 positions or 5 percent.
July 01, 2014 -
New bipartisan legislation is aiming to rebrand the 153-year-old Government Printing Office. But that doesn't mean you'll stop seeing the GPO initials stamped on government documents any time soon. The bill, introduced by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) last week, would retain GPO's familiar initials, but change the official name of the agency to the Government Publishing Office.
January 22, 2014