GPO Named One of America's Best Employers for Veterans
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), the country’s largest in-plant, has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2023. The Agency was also recognized for this honor in 2022.
GPO has a long-standing history of employing veterans dating back to the Civil War and currently employs a little more than 500 veterans who make up a third of the Agency’s workforce. For decades, the Agency has hosted an annual Veterans Day Program in recognition of the service and sacrifice of our GPO veteran teammates. This year, Army veteran and former Prisoner of War, Jessica Lynch was the guest speaker at the event.
Forbes’ list for America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2023:
https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-for-veterans/?sh=90d4d963606f
“Veterans are a critical part of our team and the work we do for the Federal Government and the American people,” said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “Forbes’ recognition for the second straight year is a testament to all of the veterans on our team. I thank GPO’s veterans for their service in uniform and their continued service to the Nation at our Agency.” (Watch for IPI’s cover story on GPO in the next issue.)
GPO honored veterans recently with an event in its facility. This year’s guest speaker was former PFC and POW Jessica Lynch. She shared her amazing story of courage and resiliency from the early days of the Iraq conflict 20 years ago.
Forbes and Statista selected GPO as part of the America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2023 through an independent survey from a vast sample of nearly 8,500 U.S. veterans (having served in the United States Armed Forces- either in the regular military or in the National Guard or military reserves) working for companies employing at least 1,000 people within the United States. Veterans were asked to give their opinion on a series of statements related to general topics regarding their own employer like atmosphere & development, image, working conditions, salary & wage, workplace, and diversity, as well as a set of topics related specifically to the interests of veterans in the workplace.
GPO employee and Army veteran Mark Chandler sang “America the Beautiful” at GPO’s event honoring veterans.
GPO is the Federal Government’s resource for publishing trusted information for the Federal Government to the American people. The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through www.GovInfo.gov and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
The preceding press release was provided by a company unaffiliated with In-plant Impressions. The views expressed within do not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of the staff of In-plant Impressions.
