[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10943]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NEW EDITION OF THE GPO STYLE MANUAL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brady) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the GPO is currently 
distributing copies of the latest edition of the U.S. Government 
Printing Office Style Manual, the first revision to this authoritative 
style guide since 2000.
  The GPO Style Manual, as it is popularly known, is issued under the 
authority of section 1105 of Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which requires 
the Public Printer, as head of the GPO, to ``determine the form and 
style in which the printing . . . ordered by a department is executed . 
. . having proper regard to economy, workmanship, and the purposes for 
which the work is needed.'' The Manual is prepared by the GPO Style 
Board, composed of proofreading, printing, and Government documents 
specialists from within GPO, where all congressional publications and 
many other key Federal Government documents are produced.
  The first GPO Style Manual appeared in 1894. It was developed 
originally as a printer's stylebook to standardize word and type 
treatment and remains so today. Through successive editions, however, 
the GPO Style Manual has come to be widely recognized by writers and 
editors both within and outside the Federal Government as one of the 
most useful resources in the editorial arsenal.
  The new edition of the GPO Style Manual has been thoroughly 
redesigned to make it more modern and easier to read, and the content 
has been updated generally throughout in keeping with current usage. In 
addition, a variety of suggestions offered by users since the last 
edition was published have been incorporated. In addition to Members of 
Congress, copies are being distributed to Federal agencies and Federal 
depository libraries, and are being offered for sale to the public. 
There is also a free online version of the Manual at http://
www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/index.html.
  As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing during the 110th 
Congress, when the new edition of the Style Manual was prepared, I 
commend the staff of the GPO for the production of this handsome 
volume, and I commend its use to my colleagues and their staffs in both 
this House and the Senate.

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