From the Editor: Mile-high Musings
I just returned from Denver, where I spent several days with government in-plants from all over the country. The event was the National Government Publishing Association conference, a meeting I've been attending since 1995.
The group is a lot smaller than it was back in its heyday. This is a shame, because the issues government in-plants face are different from those confronting other in-plants. For instance, they endure competition from small, hidden in-plants started up by individual agencies. This impacts GPO most of all, but state printing operations have also seen such internal competition. Managers reported discovering DocuTechs squirreled away in secret agency shops, and used only for general copying. It's enough to make any in-plant manager cringe.
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 180 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.
