Government Publishing Office

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) dates to 1813 when Congress determined the need to make information regarding the work of the three branches of Government available to all Americans. The GPO is the federal government’s primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing and preserving published information in all its forms.

Many of the government's most important information products, including the Congressional Record and Federal Register, are produced by the GPO. GPO competitively buys products and services from thousands of private sector companies.

GPO Access provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the federal government.