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USAGov, formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center and Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC), is a department in the
Over 1 Billion Served: GPO’s Pueblo Distribution Center Hits Historic Milestone
Pueblo, Colorado General Services Administration {{Colorado-stub
USAGov, formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center and Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC), is a department in the United States government
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a feder ...
's General Services Administration
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. FCIC, founded in 1970, began as the federal government's distribution outlet for free and low cost federal consumer publications sent out from the Government Printing Office
The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO; formerly the United States Government Printing Office) is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government. The office produces and distributes information ...
(GPO) facility in Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census, making Pueblo the ninth most popu ...
. Since 1970, FCIC's mission has broadened significantly to include helping people interact with the federal government via toll-free telephone numbers, print publications, and a family of web sites and other electronic resources such as Twitter and Facebook accounts. FCIC was renamed USAGov in 2015.
Background
The FCIC distribution facility in Pueblo received so much mail that theUnited States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the ...
assigned it its own ZIP Code, 81009. A 2006 FCIC audience survey showed that more than 26% of the respondents recognized Pueblo as a source of helpful federal information. USAGov transferred its publication distribution program to the Government Publishing Office
The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO; formerly the United States Government Printing Office) is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government. The office produces and distributes information ...
in 2016.
The facility was sited in Pueblo at the behest of U.S. Representative Frank Evans, who was born in the city, after questioning why only big cities were considered. In 2010 President Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...
signed a law renaming FCIC's building the Congressman Frank Evans Government Printing Office Distribution Center or the Frank Evans Government Printing Office Building.
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*Over 1 Billion Served: GPO’s Pueblo Distribution Center Hits Historic Milestone
Pueblo, Colorado General Services Administration {{Colorado-stub