Printing Office Offers Open Government Help

Robert Tapella, the head of the Government Printing Office, recently sent to President Barack Obama five goals and accompanying actions the GPO can take to help implement the White House's transparency and open government agenda: 1) Position GPO's Federal Digital System as the official repository for Federal Government publications. 2) Enable and support Web 2.0 functionality through FDsys to support public comments on pending legislation. 3) Establish a demonstration project to apply Web 2.0 features to rulemaking documents. 4) Participate in and lead efforts to standardize electronic publishing formats. 5) Link the White House Web site to FDsys for public searches of Government documents.