Content partnerships assist with providing permanent public access to electronic U.S. Government information. Partners agree to provide storage capacity and user access without restrictions on re-dissemination. In the event the partner is no longer able to provide free, public access to this electronic information, the partnership requires the agency or library to transfer a copy of the content to GPO. GPO will then make the content available either through GPO Access or in cooperation with another partner.

Service partnerships assist GPO to provide enhanced services to Federal depository libraries. These partnerships can focus on repurposing GPO provided information or on providing other services to depository libraries and the public. These services may provide assistance to librarians with administering their depository collections.

Hybrid partnerships are a mixture of content and service partnerships. For example, providing permanent public access to electronic U.S. Government information and also offering a service important to the administration of the FDLP collection.