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Government Documents

INTRODUCTION

The federal government publishes a vast quantity of information. Many of these publications are distributed to libraries by the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) as part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

The collection is comprised of official court reporters, statutes, legislative history materials, regulations, administrative agency rulings, annual reports for selected agencies, treaty materials, and other law-related publications.

Members of the public are free to access our print collection of government documents at any time during normal Library hours. Many government documents are available in electronic format through library search

Authored by Sarah Gotschall.

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Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition

A Resource Provided by the University of Minnesota Libraries: https://libguides.umn.edu/govpubs/admin 

HISTORY OF THE FDLP