GPO Facing Formidable Challenges
This elicited an uproar from GPO, Printing Industries of America (PIA), Communications Workers of America and several library associations. All four testified against the plan before the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) in July.
Heeding some of these cautions, OMB adjusted its plan and published its proposed new Federal Acquisition Regulations in the Federal Register in November. The overall focus, though, was the same: agencies would be permitted to buy printing directly from private sector printers, bypassing GPO's procurement system.
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.
