Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office

The director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office, formerly the public printer of the United States, is the head of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). Pursuant to , this officer is nominated by the president of the United States and approved by the United States Senate. The title was changed to "Director" when in December 2014, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 83, which consolidated and continued appropriations for FY 2015. Section 1301 of that act changed the name of the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office and the title of public printer to director. Thus, Davita Vance-Cooks was the last public printer of the United States and the first director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The director is responsible for the administration of the GPO. The GPO, a legislative agency of the government, provides electronic access to and produced most printed matter for government, including the Congressional Record, Supreme Court decisions, passports, tax forms, internal government documents, and agency publications. The GPO did not print money, as that is a duty of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

History Benjamin Franklin served as Public Printer for several of the American colonies prior to the establishment of the United States. The House and Senate had separate printers until 1861, when the GPO was established; its first superintendent was John D. Defrees. The first man with the title Public Printer of the United States was Almon M. Clapp.

List of leaders

Superintendents (1861–1876) The follow persons served as superintendent of the General Printing Office:

+ImageSuperintendentTerm startTerm end1John D. DefreesMarch 4, 186118662Cornelius WendellSeptember 1, 1866February 28, 18673John D. DefreesMarch 1, 1867April 14, 18694Almon M. ClappApril 15, 1869July 31, 1876

Public printers (1876-2014) The follow persons served as public printer of the General Printing Office:

+ImagePublic printerTerm startTerm end1Almon M. ClappAugust 1, 1876May 30, 18772John D. DefreesJune 1, 187718823Sterling P. RoundsApril 15, 1882September 12, 18864Thomas E. BenedictSeptember 13, 1886May 6, 18895Francis W. PalmerMay 7, 1889May 2, 18946Thomas E. BenedictMay 3, 1894March 30, 18977Francis W. PalmerMarch 31, 1897September 8, 19058Charles A. StillingsNovember 1, 1905 February 5, 19089John S. LeechJune 9, 1908November 30, 190810Samuel B. DonnellyDecember 1, 1908June 25, 191311Cornelius FordJune 26, 1913192112George H. CarterApril 5, 1921193413Augustus E. GiegengackJuly 2, 1934March 9, 194814John J. DevinyMay 6, 1948February 28, 195315Raymond BlattenbergerApril 28, 1953January 20, 196116James L. HarrisonMarch 17, 1961March 31, 197017Adolphus N. SpenceApril 1, 1970January 11, 197218Thomas F. McCormickMarch 1, 1973October 31, 197719John J. BoyleNovember 1, 1977February 29, 198020Danford L. Sawyer, Jr.1981198421Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr.1984198822Robert Houk1990199323Michael F. DiMario19932002ALAWON, Volume 2, Number 51, November 13, 1993. bubl.ac.uk24Bruce James20022006ActingWilliam H. TurriJanuary 2007November 5, 200725Robert TapellaNovember 6, 2007December 29, 2010ActingPaul EricksonDecember 30, 2010January 4, 201126William J. BoarmanJanuary 5, 2011January 2, 2012ActingDavita E. Vance-CooksJanuary 3, 2012August 21, 201227August 21, 2012December 17, 2014

Directors (since 2014)

+ImageDirectorTerm startTerm end1Davita E. Vance-CooksDecember 17, 2014November 1, 2017ActingJim BradleyNovember 2, 2017March 6, 2018 ActingAndrew M. ShermanMarch 6, 2018June 30, 2018ActingHerbert H. Jackson, Jr.,July 1, 2018March 31, 2019ActingJohn CrawfordApril 1, 2019December 10, 20192Hugh Nathanial HalpernDecember 11, 2019present

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References

External links Government Printing Office