By act of congress the director of the us government publishing office gpo is authorized to determine the form and style of government printing the style manual is the product of many years of public printing experience and its rules are based on principles of good usage and custom in the printing trade editors and writers whose disciplines have taught them aspects of style different from rules followed in this manual will appreciate the difficulty of establishing a single standard . The 2016 edition of the gpo style manual is the first revision to be issued under gpos new name us government publishing office since 1894 the gpo style manual has served as a guide to the style and form of federal government printing and publishing the manual has come to be widely recognized by writers and editors both within and outside the federal government as an important editorial tool view the 2016 edition browse previous editions. By act of congress the public printer of the us government printing office is authorized to determine the form and style of government printing the style manual is the product of many years of public printing experience and its rules are based on principles of good usage and custom in the printing trade essentially the style manual is a standardization device designed to achieve uniform word and type treatment and aiming for economy of word use the style manual has served federal . The united states government publishing office style manual is published under the direction and authority of the director of the united states government publishing office davita e vance cooks. United states government printing office style manual by us government printing office publication date 1984 collection fdlpec fedlink americana digitizing sponsor library service and content management us government printing office contributor us government printing office language english notes no copyright page found addeddate 2015 08 06 14494428381 camera canon eos 5d mark