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Gpo Testifies on Omb Printing Proposal

By Sherman, Andrew Magoun

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Book Id: WPLBN0000236594
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title: Gpo Testifies on Omb Printing Proposal  
Author: Sherman, Andrew Magoun
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Language: English
Subject: Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections: Government Library Collection
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Publisher: Government Printing Office

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Sherman, A. M. (n.d.). Gpo Testifies on Omb Printing Proposal. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/


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Excerpt: GPO appeared July 10 at a hearing of the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) that had been called to review the recent OMB proposal authorizing executive branch agencies to produce or procure their own printing. Current Federal law generally requires all agency printing to be done by GPO. Testifying before the JCP were OMB Director Mitchell E. Daniels; Public Printer Michael F. DiMario; Benjamin Y. Cooper, Executive Vice President of the Printing Industries of America, Inc.; William J. Boarman, Vice President, Communications Workers of America; and Julia F. Wallace, Head, Government Publications Library of the University of Minnesota, on behalf of the American Library Association, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Medical Library Association. While OMB Director Daniels defended his agency’s plan, other witnesses found fault with it. PIA’s Cooper said, “The solution proposed by OMB is not likely to serve the taxpayer well,” “does not serve the printing industry,” and “may not actually help the agencies.” The CWA’s Boarman said OMB’s proposals “to splinter GPO’s functions...are a serious threat...to providing adequate information to assure a well-informed electorate.” Speaking for the library community, Wallace said OMB’s directive “will further erode the Federal Depository Library Program...resulting in a loss of access by the American public to their Government information.”

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