Government Competition with the Private Sector Hurts Print Business
More than $400 million in print work comes through the GPO each year and is awarded to private sector vendors -- printers with proven credentials and pre-qualified capabilities. Thousands are registered to do GPO work, and hundreds nationwide actively seek GPO jobs and depend upon the revenue.
GPO was founded in 1813 to support the print needs of all three branches - executive, legislative and judicial - of the federal government. GPO is required by Title 44 of the U.S. Code to be the centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating and preserving published information. That’s just about everything printed for the federal government. Further, as required by Title 44, all federal agencies are required to use the GPO to procure any print from outside sources.
- People:
- William Gindlesperger
- Places:
- Chambersburg, PA
- U.S.