Ben Franklin’s legacy lives on today. How many of these "Bens" did you know about? His image was engraved on the Franklin half-dollar, in circulation from 1948 to 1963.   His image is engraved on the $100 bill:   The Library Company that he founded in …

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The U.S. Government Printing Office, as the GPO used to be called, opened on March 4, 1861, on the first day of President  Abraham Lincoln’s administration. GPO has been in operation on the same site in Washington, DC, for over 150 years. For most of its …

The Printing Act of 1895 brought about the transfer of the Superintendent of Documents to GPO, a reform that capped years of effort by Congress to devise an efficient and effective system for ensuring public access to Government information. In 1813, the …

In 2013, GPO signed an official partnership with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) . Representatives from AASL are collaborating with GPO in reviewing the content for Ben’s Guide; in addition, AASL volunteers are developing lesson plans …