Former Public Printer Robert W. Houk Remembered by GPO
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WASHINGTON, DC—Dec. 5, 2011—Robert W. Houk, who served as Public Printer of the United States at the Government Printing Office (GPO) from March 1990 to February 1993, died Sunday, Dec. 4, at his home in Shelby, OH. He was 84.
Houk served as the Nation’s 22nd Public Printer after being appointed by President George H.W. Bush. During his three years as the head of GPO, he issued a strategic plan for the agency that embraced the use of electronic information technologies while improving the provision of conventional printing and distribution services. Houk also testified before Congress in support of early legislation to provide GPO with electronic dissemination authority.
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