IPG spoke with new Public Printer Robert Tapella recently to learn more about his vision for the Government Printing Office.

By Bob Neubauer

“GPO has a much greater role than your typical in-plant, and this is our responsibility dating back to 1813, to make certain that the documents of our democracy ‘are made widely available to the public and kept in perpetuity.’ There is no other in-plant on your list that has that responsibility.

“Today the majority of the documents that are produced by federal agencies do not see ink on paper through a government printer. They’re born digital and published to the Web. So we have a much greater responsibility in the electronic world, capturing those documents...and making certain that they are made broadly available and kept in perpetuity.

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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.

A Chat with the New Public Printer