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AStrategicVision

Source: www.access.gpo.gov
Topic: Strategic Planning

Sort Desciption: This strategic. plan is dedicated to that purpose and to the men. and women of the GPO who will carry it out in the. months and years ahead. ...

Content Inside: U . S . G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G O F F I C E I K E E P I N G A M E R I C A I N F O R M E D December 1 2004 21stCentury AStrategicVision forthe ii UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STRATEGIC VISION ii UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STRATEGIC VISION UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STRATEGIC VISION 1 I. SITUATION The United States Government Printing Office is at the epicenter of change in the ways humans create and use information to communicate remain informed research a topic and preserve a record. For more than 500 years tangible documents were created using processes that could be seen and felt by craftspeople trained in the art and craft of typesetting printing and binding. Authors began with a paper manuscript and saw their words transformed into type and reproduced as pamphlets catalogs and books. These tangible documents were distributed by booksellers and delivered by the postal service and many found their way into the collections of libraries. Today for many documents there is no longer a requirement for typesetting printing or binding and there is no tangible document to make its way to library shelves or to be preserved for the future. Authors begin the process by digitally recording their manuscript on a personal computer. By making this document available through a web portal there often is no need for original printing of multiple copies. Such documents are said to be born digital and published to the Web. We estimate that as many as 50% of all U.S. Government documents are now born digital published to the Web and will never be printed by the Federal government. Therein lies the biggest challenge for the Government Printing Office. Recently Congress asked the Government Accountability Office to examine the current state of printing and dissemination of public government information. The study which is summarized in Appendix A has proven a very useful guide and benchmark in the preparation of thi ...

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