Government Competition with the Private Sector Hurts Print Business
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The idea of the GPO being a one-stop print shop for the federal government works only if print jobs are channeled to private sector printers. What concerns me and others in the print industry is the flow of work outside the GPO seems to be slowing.
Look at the statistics. In 1992, the total dollar value of work awarded by the GPO to private sector printers was just over half a billion dollars. Last year, that total was $440 million and the five years prior it was in the $380 million to $390 million range. That is roughly a 27% drop in income to private sector printers comparing 1992 to the six year average from 2003 through 2008. Factor in inflation and the drop is even more significant.
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- Chambersburg, PA
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