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Formerly our Web site and the published Factbook were only updated annually. In November 2001, we began more frequent online updates, and we now update the Web site every two weeks. The CIA discontinued publishing the printed Factbook after the 2007 edition; the 2008 and 2009 editions are being published by the US Government Printing Office.
