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Government Printing Office

American  

noun

U.S. Government.
  1. former name of the Government Publishing Office.


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The Jan. 6 panel could also work with the National Archives, Library of Congress or Government Printing Office to create a space to save the materials for decades to come.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2022

Taylor worked as a journeyman printer at the Government Printing Office — he typeset the Warren Commission Report — before earning a doctorate in education.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2019

The Government Printing Office couldn’t produce enough copies for every Congressman and all 7,000 journalists who wanted one.

From Slate Sep. 28, 2018

The BGN comprises members from six federal departments and the Central Intelligence Agency, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the U.S.

From National Geographic Sep. 18, 2015

Note: This document is taken from the Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198.

From The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 by Mindeleff, Cosmos

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