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WASHINGTON, DC--After a year of successful restructuring at the Government Printing Office (GPO), Public Printer of the United States Bruce James told the Committee on House Administration and the House Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee today the GPO now has the groundwork in place to move the agency's transformation to the next level. "From this point forward, we will complete a strategic plan for the future of the GPO as the Government's primary resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing and preserving its published information in all forms," James said. "The GPO is at the very epicenter of technological change that is upending virtually every aspect of

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