[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1578-S1579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     GLENN H. ROTTMANN RETIRES FROM THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, concluding nearly 53 years of 
Federal service, Glenn H. Rottmann recently retired from the U.S. 
Government Printing Office [GPO], where he had risen through the ranks 
from junior offset platemaker to Director of GPO's Production Services 
with responsibility for all printing performed at GPO, including many 
of the essential products needed by Congress for its daily operation 
such as the Congressional Record.
  Following 14 months of service in the U.S. Army, Mr. Rottmann began 
his career at the GPO on July 23, 1945, as a junior offset platemaker. 
In 1971, he was made foreman of the offset plate section, and in 1975 
he was named Superintendent of the Offset Division. In 1981, Mr. 
Rottmann was promoted to production manager with overall responsibility 
for GPO's inplant production facilities, including the Press Division, 
the Binding Division, and prepress operations under the Electronic 
Photocomposition, Graphic Systems Development, and Electronic Systems 
Development Divisions. In 1993, he was promoted to Director of 
Production Services following an agencywide reorganization.
  As one of the Nation's largest printing plants and the largest 
manufacturing operation in the District of Columbia, GPO produces a 
wide variety of products, from essential legislative documents for 
Congress and critical information such as the U.S. Budget, to other 
important publications such as the daily Federal Register, U.S. 
passports and postal cards, and a broad variety of other items. Some 
publications, such as the Congressional Record and the Federal 
Register, are printed on demanding schedules overnight, each containing 
as much type as four to six metropolitan daily newspapers. Mr. 
Rottmann's responsibility was to ensure that this essential Government 
printing was accomplished with the highest possible quality, in the 
most timely manner, at the lowest possible cost.
  During his tenure, Mr. Rottmann oversaw the upgrading of GPO's 
inplant production operations with modern graphic communications and 
electronic information technologies. Under his leadership, GPO 
completed the conversion from hot metal to electronic photocomposition 
technology, expanded desktop publishing opportunities on Capitol Hill 
and in Federal agencies through GPO's dialup composition system and 
MicroComp software package, began the production of CD-ROM products, 
acquired and installed state-of-the-art offset press

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technology, expanded the use of environmentally sensitive products such 
as recycled paper and vegetable-oil inks, and developed the technology 
and databases supporting GPO Access, GPO's award winning online 
information dissemination service. As a result of these changes, 
citizen access to Government information has been substantially 
improved, and the productivity increases from new technology have 
permitted substantial staff downsizing and increased savings to the 
taxpayers. Beyond these achievements, Mr. Rottmann was widely 
considered an able administrator and a friend by GPO's employees.
  Mr. Rottmann earned numerous GPO awards, served as an apprentice 
training representative, completed several training programs, and is a 
graduate of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA.
  I extend congratulations and sincere appreciation to Mr. Rottmann for 
his 53 years of dedicated public service to Congress and the Nation, 
and I wish him a long and happy retirement.

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