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GPO Seeks $25M for Upgrades

WASHINGTON, DC—Telling the Committee on House Administration and the House Legislative Subcommittee that the Government Printing Office had the groundwork in place to move the agency's transformation to the "next level," Public Printer Bruce James is seeking $25 million to support the acquisition of digital equipment and systems to manage the life cycle of government information. For FY 2005, the GPO is seeking $88.8 million for the Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation, down $1.8 million (or 2 percent) from FY 2004.