GPO
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Definition
Noun: 1. Government Printing Office: A U.S. government agency responsible for producing and distributing official publications for the federal government. It is part of the legislative branch and serves Congress, federal departments, and other government establishments.
Usage
- The GPO is the official publisher for all three branches of the U.S. federal government.
- You can find and download many public documents from the GPO's website.
- The agency was established to centralize federal printing and binding services.
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used as an initialism for the full agency name. It is commonly written in uppercase letters: GPO.
- In historical and governmental contexts, it may be referred to in discussions about public access to information, the Federal Depository Library Program, or the production of the Congressional Record.
Variants and Related Words
- Government Publishing Office: This is the contemporary official name adopted in 2014 to reflect its digital publishing role, though the "GPO" abbreviation remains.
Noun
- an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government