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                            ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

            Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program



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                             December 15, 2002
                             GP 3.16/3-2:23/15
                             (Vol. 23, no. 15)

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               Frank A. Partlow, Jr. Named GPO Chief of Staff

Frank A. Partlow, Jr., has been named Chief of Staff for the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO) by Public Printer Bruce R. James. As Chief
of Staff, Partlow will direct strategic planning for the Government
Printing Office and advise the Public Printer on all aspects of GPO's
business. The appointment became effective November 29, 2002.

Partlow brings 40 years of experience in management, administration and
analysis to GPO, as well as extensive experience in strategic planning,
human and government relations, higher education, and training. A retired
U.S. Army Brigadier General, Partlow was most recently executive director
of the Northern Nevada Network and an adjunct Associate Professor in
Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Until his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1990, Partlow served as the
Director of Estimates of the Defense Intelligence Agency. From 1986-1988,
Partlow was a senior member of the U.S. Arms Control Delegation in Geneva,
where he negotiated the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the
U.S.S.R. Other U.S. Army assignments included serving as Chief of Staff of
a multinational force of 3,300 peacekeepers in Egypt 1985-1986, Deputy
Director for Planning for the U.S. Army, Brigade Commander, Battalion
Commander, and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy. Partlow
saw combat duty with an infantry division in Vietnam and with the Military
Equipment Delivery Team in Cambodia.

Partlow graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1960. He holds a
masters degree in European studies from Stanford University. He graduated
from the National Defense University and was Senior Fellow at Harvard
University 1982-1983. Partlow is married, and has two daughters and four
grandchildren. He and his wife, Kay, currently reside in Arlington, VA.