Talk:United States Government Printing Office

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[edit] Independent or part of a branch of government?

On 18:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC), I moved the following section (GPO) from my talk page:

[edit] GPO

It's a hybrid. The GPO is headed by the Public Printer who is appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate. However, it is exempted from most of the rules regarding executive agencies and its operations are subject to the dictates of the Joint Committee on Printing.

If I had to describe the GPO, in terms of how it operates, I'd say it's a wholly owned government corporation with a monopoly on government printing contracts having the Public Printer as its CEO and the Joint Commitee on Printing as its board of directors, tho that isn't how it's defined under the law. Caerwine 12:41, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm working on categorizing officers, employees, and agencies of the U.S. Congress. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress.) Would you say that the GPO fits in any of those? I was thinking congressional agency, and the Public Printer as employee of u.s. congress, but now I'm not so sure.
Would you describe any other agency as being a similar kind of hybrid? Markles 13:18, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
The GPO is a legislative branch agency. While Caerwine's description of the printing operation of GPO is mostly accurate, printing isn't the only activity performed by the agency. For example, the agency is charged with maintaining public access to the content published by the federal government (through the Federal Depository Library Program and GPO Access. This part of GPO is funded through Congressional appropriations.
Also, unlike a corporation, which seeks to make profit for shareholders, GPO operates on a cost recovery basis, making it more like a nonprofit. So, Markles, your categorization is correct. betakate 16:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict with Office of the Federal Register

The Office of the Federal Register article states that it publishes, for example, the CFR; this article claims that the GPO publishes it. What's the deal? Melchoir 00:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

The OFR edits the CFR and the FR, but the GPO prints and distributes it. betakate 19:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
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