The
Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) number is primarily used as the unique identifier for retrieving
United States Government Documents.
The numbers are based on a provenance based classification scheme derived by Adelaide Rosalie Hasse for the Government Printing Office (GPO) between 1895 and 1903.
The following table indicates the initial letters of a SuDoc number, and to which government entity it applies. Note that since this is a provenance based organization scheme that items are not grouped by subject. SuDoc numbers starting with "J" may include publications with crime statistics, or coloring books of McGriff, the Crime Dog. In both cases, the disseminating agency would be the Department of Justice.
A Agriculture Department
AA ACTION
AC Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
AE National Archives and Records Administration
C Commerce Department
CC Federal Communications Commission
CR Civil Rights Commission
D Defense Department
E Energy Department
E 2. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
E 3. Energy Information Administration
E 4. Economic Regulatory Administration
E 5. Bonneville Power Administration
E 6. Western Area Power Administration
E 7. Alaska Power Administration
ED Education Department
EP Environmental Protection Agency
FA Fine Arts Commission
FCA Farm Credit Administration
FEM Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHF Federal Housing Financing Board
FHL Federal Home Loan Bank Board
FM Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FMC Federal Maritime Commission
FR Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
FT Federal Trade Commission
FTZ Foreign-Trade Zones Board
GA General Accounting Office
GP Government Printing Office
GS General Services Administration
HE Health and Human Services Department
HH Housing and Urban Development Department
I Interior Department
IA U.S. Information Agency
IC Interstate Commerce Commission
ITC International Trade Commission
J Justice Department
JU Judiciary
L Labor Department
LC Library of Congress
LR National Labor Relations Board
MS Merit Systems Protection Board
NAS National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NC National Capital Planning Commission
NCU National Credit Union Administration
NF National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NMB National Mediation Board
NS National Science Foundation
OP Overseas Private Investment Corporation
P United States Postal Service
PE Peace Corps
PM Personnel Management Office
PR President of the United States
PREX Executive Office of the President
PRVP Vice President of the United States
RR Railroad Retirement Board
S State Department
SBA Small Business Administration
SE Securities and Exchange Commission
SI Smithsonian Institution
T Treasury Department
TC International Trade Commission
TD Transportation Department
VA Veterans Affairs Department
X Congress
Y Congress