Electronic Publishing Support Section

GPO's Electronic Publishing Support Section is an in-house desktop and electronic publishing consulting group. We service all Federal Government agencies who use GPO's Printing Procurement process.

By following the links to the left you can find out more about our services, download forms and the Publication 300.6 (Guidelines for Preparing and Submitting Electronic Design and Prepress Files), see the latest issue of our electronic magazine, plus get current information relating to electronic publishing.

Contact us with your questions or comments regarding Electronic or Digital Publishing Technology at 202.512.1491 or by Internet e-mail at or epub@gpo.gov.

Who/What is ePUB?

Our services are designed for government agency editors/authors, printing personnel, project designers, publishers and information management personnel. These services consist of the following:

• Electronic publishing consultation in a one-on-one basis, including correct file creation techniques.

• Customer outreach by way of on-site digital publishing assistance.

• Dissemination of pertinent technical information and researching industry trends in digital publishing.

• Creating official publications and forms designed to make digital publishing more consistent, cost effective and customer friendly.

• Suggesting better, faster, and cheaper ways to write technical specifications for electronic publishing and printing applications.