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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

List of leaders

Superintendents (1861–1876)

The follow persons served as superintendent of the General Printing Office:[4][5]

No. Image Superintendent Term start Term end Refs.
1 File:John D. Defrees.jpg John D. Defrees March 4, 1861 1866 [4]
2 Cornelius Wendell September 1, 1866 February 28, 1867 [4]
3 File:John D. Defrees.jpg John D. Defrees March 1, 1867 April 14, 1869 [4]
4 File:Hon. Almon N. Clapp, N.Y - NARA - 527226.jpg Almon M. Clapp April 15, 1869 July 31, 1876 [4]

Public printers (1876-2014)

The follow persons served as public printer of the General Printing Office:[4][5]

No. Image Public printer Term start Term end Refs.
1 File:Hon. Almon N. Clapp, N.Y - NARA - 527226.jpg Almon M. Clapp August 1, 1876 May 30, 1877 [4]
2 File:John D. Defrees.jpg John D. Defrees June 1, 1877 1882 [4]
3 Sterling P. Rounds April 15, 1882 September 12, 1886 [4]
4 Thomas E. Benedict September 13, 1886 May 6, 1889 [4]
5 File:Francis W. Palmer - History of Iowa.jpg Francis W. Palmer May 7, 1889 May 2, 1894 [4]
6 Thomas E. Benedict May 3, 1894 March 30, 1897 [4]
7 File:Francis W. Palmer - History of Iowa.jpg Francis W. Palmer March 31, 1897 September 8, 1905 [4]
8 Charles A. Stillings November 1, 1905

February 5, 1908

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9 John S. Leech June 9, 1908 November 30, 1908 [4]
10 Samuel B. Donnelly December 1, 1908 June 25, 1913 [4]
11 Cornelius Ford June 26, 1913 1921 [4]
12 George H. Carter April 5, 1921 1934 [4]
13 Augustus E. Giegengack July 2, 1934 March 9, 1948 [4]
14 John J. Deviny May 6, 1948 February 28, 1953 [4]
15 Raymond Blattenberger April 28, 1953 January 20, 1961 [4]
16 James L. Harrison March 17, 1961 March 31, 1970 [4][6]
17 Adolphus N. Spence April 1, 1970 January 11, 1972Template:Efn [4]
18 Thomas F. McCormick March 1, 1973 October 31, 1977 [4]
19 File:John J. Boyle (US Public Printer).jpg John J. Boyle November 1, 1977 February 29, 1980 [4]
20 Danford L. Sawyer, Jr. 1981 1984
21 Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr. 1984 1988
22 Robert Houk 1990 1993 [7]
23 Michael F. DiMario 1993 2002 [8]
24 Bruce James 2002 2006 [9][10]
Acting William H. Turri January 2007 November 5, 2007 [11]
25 File:Robert C. Tapella, Public Printer of the United States (cropped).jpg Robert C. Tapella November 6, 2007 December 29, 2010 [12][13][14][15]
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 [16][17]
Acting File:Davita Vance-Cooks, Public Printer of the United States.jpg Davita E. Vance-Cooks January 3, 2012 August 21, 2012 [18]
27 August 21, 2012 December 17, 2014Template:Efn [19][20][21]

Directors (since 2014)

No. Image Director Term start Term end Refs.
1 File:Davita Vance-Cooks, Public Printer of the United States.jpg Davita E. Vance-Cooks December 17, 2014Template:Efn November 1, 2017 [21][22]
Acting Jim Bradley November 2, 2017 March 6, 2018 [23][24]
Acting Andrew M. Sherman March 6, 2018 June 30, 2018 [25]
Acting Herbert H. Jackson, Jr., July 1, 2018 March 31, 2019 [26]
Acting John Crawford April 1, 2019 December 10, 2019 [27]
2 File:Hugh Halpern.jpg Hugh Nathanial Halpern December 11, 2019 present [28][29][30]

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