March 2013 News & Features

FROM OUR BLOG: March Madness: New GPO Bookstore Website and Historic Anniversaries

On our blog this week, we highlight some of the hundreds of new categories on our new online bookstore website launched last month. Of particular note are the Women's History Month and Iraq War 10th Anniversary topics.

ANNIVERSARIES: Iraq War 10th Anniversary

March 22, 2013 -- This week marks the tenth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, which began on March 19, 2003, as Operation Iraqi Liberation, later renamed Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

NOW AVAILABLE FOR ORDER: Economic Report of the President 2013

March 15, 2013 -- This year's Economic Report of the President describes the progress we have made recovering from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. After years of grueling recession, our businesses have created over six million new jobs. As a nation, we now buy more American cars than we have in 5 years, and less foreign oil than we have in 20 years. Our housing market is healing, and consumers, patients, and homeowners enjoy stronger protections than ever before.

RECENT RELEASES:

March 15, 2013 -- Enjoy these recent releases from our Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States collection under Presidential History, Diet & Nutrition publications under the Health & Benefits category, and Fiscal Year 2014 Federal Budget publications under Federal Budgets by Year in the Budget & U.S. Economy category.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2008-2009, Book 2, July 1, 2008 to January 20, 2009

Deliciously Healthy Family Meals

Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the U.S. Government (Book)

CELEBRATE: March is Women's History Month

March 1, 2013 -- In celebration of the many achievements of all the American women from Harriet Tubman to Hillary Clinton who have helped shape our history, the U.S. Government Printing Office offers for sale the following publications, highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments and contributions of American women. 

FROM OUR BLOG: Native Traditions Help Kids Unplug, Read and Be Healthy

March 1, 2013 -- Today is the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day where people are encouraged to read to children and children are encouraged to read for themselves.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Native Diabetes Wellness Program (Wellness Program), in collaboration with the Indian Health Service (IHS) Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention and the Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC), created the perfect series of children’s books to help encourage kids to read and live a healthy lifestyle.

Called the Eagle Book Series and measuring 16 X 19 inches, these books are sized perfectly for reading to a group of first through third grade children at school, daycare, in a library, or at home.