Keeping America informed : the U.S. Government Printing Office : 150 years of service to the nation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Printing Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Government Printing Office--History.

United States.

Printing, Public--United States--History.

Printing, Public.

Federal government--United States--Information services--History.

Federal government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, District of Columbia] : United States Government Printing Office, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For 150 years, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has produced the digital documents of democracy crucial to an informed citizenry. Keeping America Informed: the U.S. Government Printing Office, 150 Years of Service to the Nation , published to mark GPO's 150th anniversary as a Federal agency, tells the story of this unique organization through a readable and concise narrative and numerous historic photographs, many of them never before published. This handsome new volume provides a panoramic view of GPO, which opened its doors for business on March 4, 1861, as Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States. After a description of the previous history of "publick printing" and the founding of GPO, Keeping America Informed covers the agency's physical and technological growth in the Gilded Age, its reform during the Progressive Era, and its crucial role in supporting the Government's efforts to grapple with the Great Depression and two world wars. Post-World War II, the book describes GPO's transition from traditional printing to the digital technology of today. It also highlights the hugely significant role the agency has played in the dissemination of federal Government information through its publications sales and Federal depository library programs. Much of the information in Keeping America Informed is new, the product of the latest research into GPO's history. Above all, its authoritative text and unique images depict the enormous contribution of its employees, past and present, to the well-being of the American people and nation.

Contents:

"Publick printing" and the founding of the GPO

Industrialization and the gilded age

The progressive era, the depression, and world war

Expansion and computerization

GPO in the digital era

Afterword

Heads of Public Printing, 1861-2011.

Notes:

Shipping list no.: 2011-0349-P.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-16-092041-8

0-16-089118-3

OCLC:

904027878