Last month, university and government in-plants met inside the U.S Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., for the seventh annual Interquest Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum. Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks gave the keynote address, discussing the challenges faced by GPO, including tight budgets, increased congressional oversight, rapid technology changes and the advance of social media. As a result, GPO has been reexamining its mission and trying to redefine itself as an information and communications provider.
Gilles Biscos
In-plant managers at government agencies and higher-ed institutions now have another reason to attend the INTERQUEST Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum in Washington, D.C. 12 days from today. Both the current and previous U.S. Public Printers will be speakers at the event.
Market research and consulting firm INTERQUEST held its fifth annual Digital Printing Forum in Washington, D.C., in November, drawing more than 100 government and higher-education document professionals.
InfoPrint Solutions Co., a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announces another step in its on-going program with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council through the formation of the Corporate and Faculty Leadership Committees, in support of a milestone research initiative. These groups of leading marketers, experts, authors and academics will provide insight to support InfoPrint’s commitment to and continual drive to educate the marketplace on the value of TransPromo. The company has also been working in partnership with the CMO Council to launch several pilot TransPromo projects with blue chip brands across North America.
Robert C. Tapella, the newly appointed Public Printer, will provide the keynote address at the second annual “Digital Printing in Government” forum, taking place in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 28, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hosted by INTERQUEST, a market and technology research and consulting firm, the event will feature key results from INTERQUEST’s new study “Digital Printing in Government: Perspectives of Print Buyers and Outsourcing Providers.” Joining Tapella will be Gilles Biscos, president of INTERQUEST, who will analyze key trends in the publishing, print-on-demand, transactional and direct mail markets. Other forum speakers will include Michael Bearden, chief of Data Services Division, Defense Intelligence
Autumn is a busy time for government in-plants. First the National Government Publishing Association (NGPA) meets next week in Austin, Texas (www.govpublishing.org). Then on November 28, the second edition of the “Digital Printing in Government” conference takes place in Washington, D.C. Hosted by INTERQUEST, a market and technology research and consulting firm, the event will feature key results from INTERQUEST’s new study “Digital Printing in Government: Perspectives of Print Buyers and Outsourcing Providers,” which will be published in November. “Last year our research was mainly focused on government printing operations. This year we are adding a dimension by exploring how government agencies have