GPO Names Acting Chief Management Officer

Public Printer Bob Tapella announces the appointment of Herb Jackson as Acting Chief Management Officer. Jackson replaces the retiring Janet Sansone. In his new position, Jackson will oversee support organizations at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) that include: Human Capital, Finance & Administration, Information Technology & Systems, Acquisitions, Labor Relations, Security Services and Safety & Environmental Services. The Chief Management Officer is one of the top senior positions at GPO and reports directly to the Public Printer.

Jackson brings 30 years of GPO experience to this position. He is and will continue to serve as the agency’s Chief Acquisition Officer. Jackson has been part of many contracting and acquisition teams for important GPO initiatives over the years including: overhauling the agency’s financial and IT systems, establishing GPO’s Secure Production Facility in Stennis, Mississippi for passport production and the launching of GPO’s Federal Digital System (www.fdsys.gov). Jackson began his GPO career as a clerk typist in 1980 and moved to the agency’s acquisition and contracting area in 1984 before being named Chief Acquisition Officer in 2008.

“I want to thank Janet for her service and welcome Herb to his new position,” said Public Printer Bob Tapella. “Herb is a natural choice as he brings more than three decades of GPO knowledge and expertise to the Chief Management Officer position. He has played a leading role in some of GPO’s most important initiatives over the years and I look forward to his leadership as the agency continues to transition from a traditional printing operation to a printing, digital media and secure credentialing facility.”

“I am honored the Public Printer has the confidence in me to oversee GPO’s critical support organizations,” said Acting Chief Management Officer Herb Jackson. “My entire government career has been at GPO, which gives me a unique perspective of how the agency has evolved into the world class operation it is today. I look forward to continue to work with all theses talented employees and continue to make a place I consider family, thrive.”

Jackson is a graduate of Harvard University Business School’s Executive Management Program. He studied Business Administration and English at the University of Maryland and received a Bachelors degree in Biblical Studies from the Sure Foundation Biblical Institute of Seminole, Florida. Jackson is also a graduate of the Council for Excellence in Government’s Fellows Program.