Government Printing Office

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federal agency publishing organization

The Government Printing Office, now known as the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), is the federal agency responsible for producing, publishing, and distributing official publications and information products of the United States government.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Government Publishing Office	41
United States Government Publishing Office	22
Government Publishing Office	19
U.S. Government Printing Office	13
United States Government Printing Office	13
Government Printing Office canonical	4
Department of Printing	1
Government Printing Office Building	1
Government Publishing Office Superintendent of Documents	1
Public Printer of the United States	1
United States Government Publishing Office annexes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Government Printing Office
Context triple: [United States Statutes at Large, formerPublisher, Government Printing Office]

A. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a U.S. government agency responsible for designing and producing paper currency and other secure documents for the federal government.
B. United States Mint
The United States Mint is the federal agency responsible for producing the nation’s coinage and related official medals and bullion products.
C. National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
D. Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
E. United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Government Printing Office
Target entity description: The Government Printing Office, now known as the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), is the federal agency responsible for producing, publishing, and distributing official publications and information products of the United States government.

A. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a U.S. government agency responsible for designing and producing paper currency and other secure documents for the federal government.
B. United States Mint
The United States Mint is the federal agency responsible for producing the nation’s coinage and related official medals and bullion products.
C. National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
D. Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
E. United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency ⓘ publishing organization ⓘ
buildingStyle	industrial architecture ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Library of Congress ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ federal executive agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfRenaming	2014 ⓘ
employs	federal civil service employees ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasBuilding	Government Printing Office Building ⓘ linked to: Government Printing Office
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.gpo.gov ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1861 ⓘ
industry	government publishing ⓘ information dissemination ⓘ printing ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalForm	independent agency of the United States government ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitol Hill ⓘ District of Columbia ⓘ North Capitol Street ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mandate	ensure public access to government information ⓘ support the information needs of Congress ⓘ support the information needs of federal agencies ⓘ support the information needs of the public ⓘ
officialName	United States Government Printing Office ⓘ linked to: Government Printing Office
operates	Federal Digital System ⓘ govinfo.gov ⓘ linked to: GovInfo.gov
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
parentOrganization	legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
partOf	United States legislative branch ⓘ linked to: United States Congress
primaryFunction	distribute official publications of the United States government ⓘ produce official publications of the United States government ⓘ publish official publications of the United States government ⓘ
publishes	congressional documents ⓘ federal agency publications ⓘ federal regulations and notices ⓘ official journals of the United States government ⓘ
renamedAs	U.S. Government Publishing Office ⓘ linked to: Government Printing Office
responsibleFor	Congressional Record printing ⓘ Federal Register printing ⓘ U.S. passports production ⓘ official federal government documents ⓘ online access to government publications ⓘ
shortName	GPO ⓘ
successor	U.S. Government Publishing Office ⓘ linked to: Government Printing Office

How these facts were elicited