GPO Comes Under Fire for Outsourced Work

The Government Printing Office (GPO) fired back at a series of stories that appeared in the Washington Times last week regarding security concerns for electronic passports produced outside the country, as well as the accusation that the amount of profits GPO reaped exceeded limits set by law.

According to the paper, the GPO chose two European computer chip makers to produce millions of electronic passports. The passports are being assembled in Thailand by a company that was allegedly a victim of Chinese economic espionage, the report said.