Capitol Hill

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been honored with two Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. GPO’s 2008 Annual Report won a Platinum Award, the highest honor in the annual report category. A team is tasked with reporting GPO’s financial statements and creating a theme around an agency initiative for the annual report. For 2008, the team highlighted ways employees are practicing sustainable environmental stewardship in written and video formats.

Public Printer Robert C. Tapella has appointed Maria S. Lefevre as chief of staff for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The chief of staff is the principal advisor to the Public Printer on overall management of the agency. Lefevre will be responsible for formulation and coordination of all internal and external agency policies.  Lefevre arrived at GPO in 2004 as deputy chief of staff. Among her duties during the last three years have been overseeing the day-to-day operations, budgets and oversight of executive offices. Lefevre also coordinates Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) requests, along with other agency publications and communications with the U.S.

Robert C. Tapella is now officially the nation’s 25th Public Printer. Five months after he was nominated in May, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Tapella as Public Printer, and President Bush has signed the commission. Tapella will lead more than 2,200 employees at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). He succeeds Bruce James in the role. Tapella has been involved in GPO’s transformation into a profitable 21st Century digital operation during the last five years, first as Deputy Chief of Staff and then as Chief of Staff. A 1991 graduate in graphic communications and printing management from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo,