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listing additional entries to the Post Offi ce abbreviations; extensively re- viewing the capitalization chapter to remove outdated entries and include new ones; realigning the abbreviations lists to create a new list of technical abbreviations and initialisms; updating old and adding new tables to the Useful Tables chapter; expanding military titles; creating new sample pages for the Reports and Hearings chapter; providing many URLs as references; and including many suggestions by users. Comments and suggestions from users of the GPO Style Manual are in- vited. All such correspondence should be addressed as follows: GPO Style Board Mail Stop PDE U.S. Government Printing Offi ce 732 North Capitol Street, NW. Washington, DC 20401 email address: gpostyle@gpo.gov For the purposes of the GPO Style Manual, printed examples throughout are to be considered the same as the printed rules. Acknowledgments Th e GPO Style Board would like to thank the following people for assistance in the production of this edition of the GPO Style Manual: Stanley P. Anderson, Editor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, for the new soil orders in the capitalization chapter. Molly N. Cameron, for technical advice on the Index. Robert W. Dahl, Cadastral Surveyor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Minerals & Realty Management Directorate, Division of Lands, Realty & Cadastral Survey (WO–350), for his contribution of the Principal Meridians and Base Lines of the United States tables. Cynthia L. Etkin, Program Planning Specialist, Library Services and Content Management, Government Printing Offi ce, for her technical advice on the ANSI/NISO standards for publications. vi About This Manual Preliminary-CD.indd viPreliminary-CD.indd vi 3/4/09 10:18:05 AM3/4/09 10:18:05 AM