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[[File:USA Federal depository library logo.svg|right|thumb|Logo for a Federal Depository Library]]

The '''Federal Depository Library Program''' ('''FDLP''') is a government program created to make [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] publications available to the public at no cost. As of March 2018, there are 1,141 depository libraries in the United States and its [[U.S. territories|territories]]. A "government publication" is defined in the [[United States Code|U.S. Code]] as "informational matter which is published as an individual document at Government expense, or as required by law" ([[Title 44 of the United States Code|44 U.S.C.]] 1901). On January 4, 2020, the site was hacked by an Iranian hacker group as a response to America Protecting its citizens and soldiers by killing the [[2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike]] which killed prominent Iranian terrorist [[major general]] [[Qasem Soleimani]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-iranian-message-government-website-20200105-duoga2wgtbbytao33ihqp4f64e-story.html|title=Hackers put pro-Iran message on US government library webpage| date=January 4, 2020 |author=Bill Sanderson |source=New York Daily News}}</ref>

==History==