Award Winners
Browse award-winning, Federal “Notable Government Documents” selected by the Notable Documents Panel of the American Libraries Association (ALA) Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) Publications Committee.
Each year, the ALA GODORT Notable Documents Panel selects what it considers to be the most “Notable Government Documents” published during the previous year by Federal, state, and local governments and includes the list of winners in its prestigious Library Journal (LJ). Typically, many Federal Government publications picked by the panel are available for sale through GPO’s retail and online bookstore.
Best Selling Award Winners Publications
A Photographer's Path: Images of National Parks Near the Nation's Capital
By: Interior Dept., National Park Service
GPO Stock # 024-005-01275-3 ISBN: 9780160854231
A collection of color photographic images highlighting nature and history in the Greater Washington, DC area.
The photos, taken by accomplished nature photographer Thomas Paradis of the National Park Service, highlight:
- the beautiful (a royal red cardinal flower with ascending blooms of scarlet, shot in DC's own Rock Creek Park,
- the bizarre (a leopard/tiger-patterned stalk of the grimly named American cancer-root, taken along the George Washington Memorial Parkway),
- and even the glitzy (neon lights illuminating the restored amusement park arcade facade at Maryland's Glen Echo Park), and many more.
Photographs by Thomas Paradis. Text by Megan Nortrup.
To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923–1940 (ePub eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense
GPO Stock # 666-000-11111-1 ISBN: 9781884733871
To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923–1940, by Professor Albert A. Nofi, examines in detail, making extensive use of the Naval War College archives, each of the U.S. Navy’s twenty-one “fleet problems” conducted between World Wars I and II, elucidating the patterns that emerged, finding a range of enduring lessons, and suggesting their applicability for future naval warfare.
Praise for the Print Edition:
Honorable Mention for the Theodore and Frankllin D. Roosevelt Prize in Naval History, 2011
Winner of the 2010 North American Society for Oceanic History's (NASOH) John Lyman Book Awards
The John Lyman Book Awards are given annually by the Society in the following six categories: Canadian naval and maritime history; U.S. naval history; U.S. maritime history; science and technology; reference works and published primary sources; and biography and autobiography. This award is named in honor of John Lyman (1921-1977), oceanographer, maritime historian, and a founder of NASOH)
Keeping America Informed: The United States Government Printing Office 150 Years of Service to the Nation (ePub eBook)
By: U.S. Government Printing Office
GPO Stock # 666-001-12312-5 ISBN: 9780160891182
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.
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012 (Hardcover)
By: Commerce Dept., Census Bureau
GPO Stock # 003-024-09088-1 ISBN: 9780160891151
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served by the introductory text to each section, the source note appearing below each table, and Appendix I, which comprises the Guide to Sources of Statistics, the Guide to State Statistical Abstracts, and the Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts. On cover: The National Data Book. 131st edition.
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012 (Paperback)
By: Commerce Dept., Census Bureau
GPO Stock # 003-024-09087-2 ISBN: 9780160891144
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served by the introductory text to each section, the source note appearing below each table, and Appendix I, which comprises the Guide to Sources of Statistics, the Guide to State Statistical Abstracts, and the Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts. On cover: The National Data Book. 131st.
Then Came the Fire: Personal Accounts From the Pentagon, 11 September 2001 (Paperback)
By: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 008-029-00545-0 ISBN: 9780160891854
CMH 70-119-1. Stephen J. Lofgren, General Editor. Two days after the September 11, 2001 attack, the U.S. Army Center of Military History began an extensive project to document the historic event through oral history interviews. Published on the incident's tenth anniversary, Then Came the Fire is an anthology of excerpts from those interviews. This collection highlights the personal accounts of participants who witnessed some aspect of the events in the Pentagon that day: the survivors, some of whom were injured; policemen; firefighters; medical personnel; observers; others involved in the rescue and recovery efforts; and building occupants.
Keeping America Informed: The United States Government Printing Office 150 Years of Service to the Nation
By: Government Printing Office
GPO Stock # 021-000-00212-7 ISBN: 9780160887048
Published to mark GPO's 150th anniversary as a Federal agency, this book tells the story of this unique organization through a readable and concise narrative and numerous historic photographs, many of them never before published. 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.
Legacy of Excellence: The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 1862-2011
By: Defense Dept., Army, US Army Medical Department Center and Schoo1, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Public Affairs Office, Borden Institute
GPO Stock # 008-000-01043-9 ISBN: 9780160884887
Presents a narrative and pictorial history of the Institute from its early days to now. The story of how the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology evolved from a vision and a few collected specimens into one of the most highly regarded and respected institutes in the world is documented primarily through photographs and introductory text.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States (Revised Edition)
By: National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States
GPO Stock # 052-070-07610-1 ISBN: 9780160879838
Macondo: The Gulf Oil Disaster. Chief Counsel's Report 2011
By: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
GPO Stock # 040-000-00787-3 ISBN: 9780160879630
Examines the relevant facts and circumstances concerning the root causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Focuses on the technical, managerial, and regulatory causes of the blowout. Sets forth the conclusions of the investigation. Offers the American public and policymakers the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions: changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in resarch and technology; required as industry moves forward to meet the nation's energy needs.