Government in-plant managers from the CIA, the Supreme Court, the Department of the Treasury and many other agencies met recently in Washington, D.C., to attend the second annual Digital Printing in Government Forum. The one-day event was organized by INTERQUEST, a research and consulting firm serving the digital printing and publishing industry. The main draw was new Public Printer Robert Tapella, who gave the keynote address to about 120 document professionals from more than 30 agencies. Tapella, who heads the Government Printing Office, provided an update of GPO’s document production and distribution strategy. He noted that GPO’s middle name often gets in the way
Michael Bearden
Robert C. Tapella, the newly appointed Public Printer, will provide the keynote address at the second annual “Digital Printing in Government” forum, taking place in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 28, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hosted by INTERQUEST, a market and technology research and consulting firm, the event will feature key results from INTERQUEST’s new study “Digital Printing in Government: Perspectives of Print Buyers and Outsourcing Providers.” Joining Tapella will be Gilles Biscos, president of INTERQUEST, who will analyze key trends in the publishing, print-on-demand, transactional and direct mail markets. Other forum speakers will include Michael Bearden, chief of Data Services Division, Defense Intelligence