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Government Documents Introduction

The Perry Library is a selective federal depository receiving approximately 60% of items distributed by the Governement Printing Office (GPO). Government documents include information from the three branches of government:

• Executive (Office of the President and federal agencies) [example]
• Legislative (House and Senate) [example]
• Judicial (Supreme Court and other Federal courts) [example]

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