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this document Joint Resolution 25 is the key to the creation of the US Government Printing Office its gpo's birth certificate so to speak President James Buchanan signed the resolution on June 23rd 1860 establishing GPO as the official printer for the federal government the agency opened its doors for business nearly nine months later on March 4th 1861 in 2010 public printer Bob capela an archivist David Ferriero viewed the resolution for the first time in nearly 150 years inside the vault at the National Archives when you look at our humble beginnings back on June 23rd 1860 we opened for business on March 4th 1861 the same day Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president and you look at the billion dollar enterprise the GPO is today where we're working for all three branches of the government it sent chills down my spine when you think of our humble beginnings the public printer and archivists go through the seven pages of parchment which detailed the duties and responsibilities of th