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 | | Last year, GPO procured $431.7 million in printing for executive branch agencies, and this is where the focus of the issue is. Even including GPO's in-plant printing of $173.9 million, which is primarily legislative printing, the Federal Register, passports, postal cards, and other essential products, GPO's work was not even two-thirds of a billion dollars. |
 | | GPO is able to make prompt payments usually in 28 days or less due to its specialization in dealing with private sector printers. |
 | | GPO would be unable to monitor and enforce the consistent application of requirements for the use of recycled paper, alkaline and permanent papers, and vegetable oil-based printing inks, all required by law. |
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