Business Management - Government/Governmental

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders introduced H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 on January 31.

A joint 2017 Legislative Conference, co-hosted by NPES and Idealliance, will be held in Washington, D.C., March 22-23, 2017.

There is no question that 2017 will usher in a unique political scenario. When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January 2017, along with GOP majorities in both houses of the 115th Congress, there will be a unified Republican government for the first time in 88 years. What this means for the printing industry remains to be seen, but what is clear is that Trump’s policy proposals suggest that there are both opportunities and challenges ahead.

The U.S. Government Publishing Office’s Director Davita Vance-Cooks reports another year of positive financial results for the agency.

BethAnn Telford, special events coordinator at the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), isn't your ordinary printing industry marathon runner, she is fighting brain cancer and preparing to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive days. It's called the World Marathon Challenge and only 26 people have completed the challenge to date — five of them were women.

The Social Security Administration announced that it will suspend the mailing of Social Security Statements to workers under 60.

A California court ruled that Ratna Ling Retreat Center lawfully expanded its printing operation, but a citizen action group disagrees.

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)’s production facilities in Washington, D.C., have achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification.

Verso, Sappi, Appleton Coated and United Steelworkers have welcomed the extension of duties on imports of certain coated paper.

American voters have spoken: Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as America's 45th president in January and the Republican Party will maintain majority control of both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Also of interest is what the election results will likely mean for people who make their livings working in the graphic arts industry. To gain some perspective both from what it means for printing companies, as well as for industry suppliers, Michael Makin, president and CEO of Printing Industries of America and Mark Nuzzaco, government affairs director at NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, weighed in.