Chicago, Illinois, USA, 24 May 2007 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE:RRD) has been awarded a multi-year USD 49.7 million contract by the United States Government Printing Office to produce documents and to provide consultative, supply chain management and other services in support of the 2010 Census. R.R. Donnelley will produce and coordinate the mailing of census questionnaires that will be received in more than 120 million households throughout the United States.

R.R. Donnelley's multiple, networked facilities position the company to meet the demanding cycle times required by the program while simultaneously providing redundant capabilities in accordance with best project management practices.

R.R. Donnelley's production of census related materials will commence in 2008, beginning with the census dress rehearsal.

About R.R. Donnelley

R.R. Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider of print and related services, including business process outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, labels, forms, logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail, technology, financial services, and many other industries. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.rrdonnelley.com/.

ABOUT GPO

The U.S. Government Printing Office is the federal government's primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating, and preserving published U.S. Government information in all its forms. GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the federal government. In addition to publication sales, GPO makes government information available at no cost to the public through GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/), and through partnerships with more than 1250 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, visit http://www.gpo.gov/.

Source: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company