Davita Vance-Cooks
Davita Vance-Cooks | |
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| 1st Director of the Government Publishing Office | |
| In office December 17, 2014 – November 1, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Herself (as Public Printer) |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Halpern |
| 27th Public Printer of the United States | |
| In office August 1, 2013 – December 17, 2014 Acting: January 3, 2012 – August 1, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Boarman |
| Succeeded by | Herself (as Director) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Tufts University (BA) Columbia University (MBA) |
Davita Vance-Cooks is an American business executive who served as the 27th Public Printer of the United States and the 1st Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). Vance-Cooks is a business executive with more than 30 years of private sector and federal government management experience. She was the first woman and first African-American to lead the agency, whose mission since its establishment in 1861 is to Keep America Informed. As the provider of official federal government information in digital and printed formats, the GPO produces the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, U.S. passports, and a wide variety of other publications. The agency provides free public access to government information products through federal depository libraries nationwide as well as free online access via GPO's Federal Digital System.