History & Future

Many of our Nation’s most important information products, such as the Congressional Record and Federal Register, are produced at GPO’s main plant in Washington, D.C., a 1.5 million square-foot complex that is the largest information processing, printing, and distribution facility in the world. In addition to the agency’s production facilities, GPO procures between 600 and 1,000 print-related projects a day through private sector vendors across the country. The majority of the Government’s printing needs are met through a long-standing partnership with America’s printing industry. GPO competitively buys products and services from thousands of private sector companies in all 50 States. It is one of the Government’s most successful procurement programs, assuring the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers’ printing dollars.

Watch a brief video about the history of GPO.

Future of GPO

Today, GPO is at the epicenter of technological change, embracing a historic mission while looking to the digital future. The approximately 2,250 men and women of GPO are hard at work transforming the agency into a 21st century digital information processing facility.

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• Watch a brief video about the future of GPO