ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 12, Number 3
January 8, 2003

In This Issue: Deputy Public Printer Appointed

George A. Taylor has been appointed Deputy Public Printer by Bruce R. James, Public Printer of the United States. The position is the second highest within the GPO.  The appointment was effective January 6, 2003.  As Deputy Public Printer, Taylor will serve as Chief Operating Officer of the GPO, responsible for overseeing the GPO's day-to-day printing, printing procurement, and information dissemination operations serving Congress, Federal agencies, and the public.

Taylor joins the GPO following over 2 decades in information publishing, most recently as Senior Vice President for Operations for the Thomson Corporation, where he was responsible for coordinating corporate technology, HR, real estate, purchasing, and cost reduction initiatives. He was previously an internal consultant for Thomson's Legal and Regulatory Group, working on projects in the U.S., South America, and Europe for online/web expansion, printing operations, and re-engineering initiatives.  

Taylor began his association with Thomson in 1988 as Director of International Marketing for Jane's Information Group, a defense publisher located in London.  He held various senior management positions at Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, concluding as CEO in 1995.  In 1996, Taylor became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Thomson's Legal Group and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the West Publishing Group in 1997, and became President and CEO of Thomson Tax and Accounting in 1999.

Before joining Thomson, Taylor held a variety of management positions from 1978 to 1987 at the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., an information publisher in Washington, DC. He has also worked in local and state government, academic institutions, and non-profit sectors as well as serving as an officer in the U.S. Air Force in a variety of active duty and reserve functions.




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