GPO Facing Formidable Challenges
"Basically we want to save the taxpayers money, and that's the bottom line here," insists Call. "GPO is charging exorbitant fees to do that [procurement] service."
She refers to the 7 to 14 percent premium GPO charges for procuring each job, which she says costs the executive branch millions each year. OMB's stance is that this money would all be saved if agencies bought directly from printers.
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.
