Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office

Template:Short description 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 Template:UnitedStatesCode, 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 Obama signed into law H.R. 83, which consolidated and continued appropriations for FY 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Thus, Davita Vance-Cooks was the last public printer of the United States and the first director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Template:Multiple image

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.<ref name=ShortHistory1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of leaders

Superintendents (1861–1876)

The follow persons served as superintendent of the General Printing Office:<ref name="short history">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Portraits">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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1	File:John D. Defrees.jpg	John D. Defrees	March 4, 1861	1866	<ref name="short history"/>
2		Cornelius Wendell	September 1, 1866	February 28, 1867	<ref name="short history"/>
3	File:John D. Defrees.jpg	John D. Defrees	March 1, 1867	April 14, 1869	<ref name="short history"/>
4	File:Hon. Almon N. Clapp, N.Y - NARA - 527226.jpg	Almon M. Clapp	April 15, 1869	July 31, 1876	<ref name="short history"/>

Public printers (1876-2014)

The follow persons served as public printer of the General Printing Office:<ref name="short history"/><ref name="Portraits"/>

Template:Abbr	Image	Public printer	Term start	Term end	Template:Abbr
1	File:Hon. Almon N. Clapp, N.Y - NARA - 527226.jpg	Almon M. Clapp	August 1, 1876	May 30, 1877	<ref name="short history"/>
2	File:John D. Defrees.jpg	John D. Defrees	June 1, 1877	1882	<ref name="short history"/>
3		Sterling P. Rounds	April 15, 1882	September 12, 1886	<ref name="short history"/>
4		Thomas E. Benedict	September 13, 1886	May 6, 1889	<ref name="short history"/>
5	File:Francis W. Palmer - History of Iowa.jpg	Francis W. Palmer	May 7, 1889	May 2, 1894	<ref name="short history"/>
6		Thomas E. Benedict	May 3, 1894	March 30, 1897	<ref name="short history"/>
7	File:Francis W. Palmer - History of Iowa.jpg	Francis W. Palmer	March 31, 1897	September 8, 1905	<ref name="short history"/>
8		Charles A. Stillings	November 1, 1905 February 5, 1908	<ref name="short history"/>
9		John S. Leech	June 9, 1908	November 30, 1908	<ref name="short history"/>
10		Samuel B. Donnelly	December 1, 1908	June 25, 1913	<ref name="short history"/>
11		Cornelius Ford	June 26, 1913	1921	<ref name="short history"/>
12		George H. Carter	April 5, 1921	1934	<ref name="short history"/>
13		Augustus E. Giegengack	July 2, 1934	March 9, 1948	<ref name="short history"/>
14		John J. Deviny	May 6, 1948	February 28, 1953	<ref name="short history"/>
15		Raymond Blattenberger	April 28, 1953	January 20, 1961	<ref name="short history"/>
16		James L. Harrison	March 17, 1961	March 31, 1970	<ref name="short history"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
17		Adolphus N. Spence	April 1, 1970	January 11, 1972Template:Efn	<ref name="short history"/>
18		Thomas F. McCormick	March 1, 1973	October 31, 1977	<ref name="short history"/>
19	File:John J. Boyle (US Public Printer).jpg	John J. Boyle	November 1, 1977	February 29, 1980	<ref name="short history"/>
20		Danford L. Sawyer, Jr.	1981	1984
21		Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr.	1984	1988
22		Robert Houk	1990	1993	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
23		Michael F. DiMario	1993	2002	<ref>ALAWON, Volume 2, Number 51, November 13, 1993. bubl.ac.uk</ref>
24		Bruce James	2002	2006	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Acting		William H. Turri	January 2007	November 5, 2007	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
25	File:Robert C. Tapella, Public Printer of the United States (cropped).jpg	Robert C. Tapella	November 6, 2007	December 29, 2010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting		Paul Erickson	December 30, 2010	January 4, 2011
26	File:William J. Boarman.jpg	William J. BoarmanTemplate:Efn	January 5, 2011	January 2, 2012	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Acting	File:Davita Vance-Cooks, Public Printer of the United States.jpg	Davita E. Vance-Cooks	January 3, 2012	August 21, 2012	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
27			August 21, 2012	December 17, 2014Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="namechange">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Directors (since 2014)

Template:Abbr	Image	Director	Term start	Term end	Template:Abbr
1	File:Davita Vance-Cooks, Public Printer of the United States.jpg	Davita E. Vance-Cooks	December 17, 2014Template:Efn	November 1, 2017	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting		Jim Bradley	November 2, 2017	March 6, 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting		Andrew M. Sherman	March 6, 2018	June 30, 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting		Herbert H. Jackson, Jr.,	July 1, 2018	March 31, 2019	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting		John Crawford	April 1, 2019	December 10, 2019	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	File:Hugh Halpern.jpg	Hugh Nathanial Halpern	December 11, 2019	present	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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External links

• Government Printing Office