At the INTERQUEST Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum speakers from government and university in-plants discussed best practices at their operations. In between, principals from INTERQUEST—the market and technology research and consulting firm that organized the event—presented trends and research results.
Bob Tapella
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has published a comic book designed to educate young readers on the important role printing has played, from the beginnings of civilization to today’s digital world.
As the Washington D.C. area measured the snow by the foot, employees at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the country's largest in-plant, braved the elements to print important materials for The White House and U.S. Congress. Even after the federal government closed, more than 200 GPO employees traveled from cities as far away as Baltimore and Richmond to produce The Economic Report of the President, the Congressional Record and the Federal Register.
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking opinions on advanced print technology used to produce Congressional and Federal agency publications. The RFI is looking for the types of new technology that will reduce paper waste and provide cost-effective solutions for short and medium-run jobs, such as the Congressional Record and Federal Register.
The Government Printing Office recently honored one of its long-time employees for 64 years of federal service. Virginia Saunders started as a clerk typist at the F.B.I. in 1945, before spending the last 63 years working at the GPO.
"Retirement has crossed my mind, but what else would I do?" says Saunders. "This is where my heart is."
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking the opinions of paper manufacturers and distributors on the most sustainable paper products available. This RFI is in response to requests from GPO’s federal customers to find more sustainable paper choices for their printing needs.
Public Printer Bob Tapella will attend Paper Week 2009 in New York City next week to continue the dialogue with the paper industry, which he started a year ago on sustainable paper practices. The Public Printer held a Paper Industry Day at GPO in 2008 to listen and learn about paper sustainability from paper industry leaders. The Public Printer plans to host another Paper Industry Day in 2009.
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