Louisiana House of Representatives

David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library

August 2010

Acquisitions | Serials

New Editions of Titles – August 2010


ACHIEVEMENT GAP
THE BLACK-WHITE ACHIEVEMENT GAP : when progress stopped / Educational Testing Service. Policy Information Center. -- Princeton, NJ : Educational Testing Service, 2010.
http://www.ets.org/research/policy_research_reports/pic-bwgap

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=12882

AIDS
NATIONAL HIV / AIDS STRATEGY FOR THE UNITED STATES / White House Office of National Aids Policy. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Executive Office of the President, 2010.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/NHAS.pdf

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)
ESTIMATED IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT ON EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC OUTPUT FROM APRIL 2010 THROUGH JUNE 2010 / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Budget Office, 2010.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/117xx/doc11706/08-24-ARRA.pdf

SCHOOL DISTRICTS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE : teaching jobs saved in 2009-10 but teacher layoffs loom for next school years / Washington, DC : Center on Education Policy, 2010.
http://www.cepdc.org/document/docWindow.cfm?fuseaction=document.viewDocument&documentid=312&documentFormatId=4660

ANNUAL REPORT
LOUISIANA OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM : report of accomplishments [annual report] / Baton Rouge : La. Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, 2005-
Title changed to "report of accomplishments" from "annual report" 2006. 2005/2006 covered period of Jan. 2005 through June of 2006.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/documentarchive/annualreport/2009annualreport.pdf

AUDITS
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PROCESS OF AUDITING MINERAL ROYALTIES : performance audit, issued July 28, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/B6B5DE331E9D48818625776E005CFDA5/$FILE/00018070.pdf

EAST BATON ROUGE CITY / PARISH EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM : compliance audit, issued August 18, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/50E54FF33E4A4FB28625778300728EEE/$FILE/00018AB3.pdf

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, JANUARY 2010 - MARCH 2010 : agreed-upon procedures report, issued August 11, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/A170F3175DB3619C8625777C00501DED/$FILE/000185A0.pdf

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HURRICANES GUSTAV AND IKE, JANUARY 2010 - MARCH 2010 : agreed-upon procedures report, issued August 11, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/B5E571DD1A749CE68625777C00518D0E/$FILE/000185A2.pdf

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA, JANUARY 2010 - MARCH 2010 : agreed-upon procedures report, issued August 11, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/A1D26EBF1D71264E8625777C004EE6FD/$FILE/0001859F.pdf

LOUISIANA CLERKS OF COURT RETIREMENT AND RELIEF FUND : compliance audit, issued August 18, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/3366F8A2444CEBD4862577830072900F/$FILE/00018AB4.pdf

LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA : financial statement audit, issued July 28, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/4CCAC1C4BC0B77B68625776F005D27F1/$FILE/0001812A.pdf

MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM : compliance audit, issued August 18, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/64715A17DF3B04318625778400601CFE/$FILE/00018AD9.pdf

BILL DRAFTING
CREATING GREAT LEGISLATION : how legislators and drafters work together / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=19762

BIOMASS ENERGY
ALTERNATIVE AND ADVANCED FUELS : state policy options / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

BUDGETS

AN UPDATE ON STATE BUDGET CUTS : at least 46 states have imposed cuts that hurt vulnerable residents and the economy / Washington, DC : Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2010.
http://www.cbpp.org/files/3-13-08sfp.pdf

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
STATE REPORTS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ISSUES / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=21016

CHARTER SCHOOLS
THE EVALUATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL IMPACTS : final report / National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance; Mathematica Policy Research. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education, 2010.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104029/pdf/20104029.pdf

CHILDREN
AMERICA'S FUTURE : Latino child well-being in numbers and trends / Washington, DC : National Council of La Raza, 2010.
http://www.nclr.org/index.php/publications/americas_future_latino_child_well-being_in_numbers_and_trends

YOUNG CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS : the leading edge of America's future / Washington, DC : Urban Institute, 2010.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412203-young-children.pdf

CIVIL PROCEDURE
LOUISIANA CIVIL APPELLATE PROCEDURE / Stetter, Roger A. -- 2010/2011 ed. -- [St. Paul, Minn.] West, 2009.

COLLEGES
FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES : undercover testing finds colleges encouraged fraud and engaged in deceptive and questionable marketing practices / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10948t.pdf

DROPOUTS
GRADUATING AMERICA : meeting the challenge of low graduation-rate high schools / Washington, DC : Jobs for the Future, 2009.
http://www.jff.org/publications/education/graduating-america-meeting-challenge-low/863

ECONOMIC STATISTICS
STATE PERSONAL INCOME, 1969-2008 / U.S. Economics and Statistics Administration. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2009.

EDUCATION
A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN EDUCATION : achieving gender equity for women and girls / Washington, DC : National Education Association, 2010.
http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/statusofwomen2010.pdf

EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS : adding high-quality pre-k to state school funding formulas / Pre-K Now. -- Washington, DC : Pew Center on the States, 2010.
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report detail.aspx?id=59122

EDUCATION LAW
STRONG LEADERS, STRONG SCHOOLS / Denver : NCSL, 2008-
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20582

EDUCATION POLICY
BEYOND THE RHETORIC : improving college readiness through coherent state policy / National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education; Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) -- Atlanta : Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2010.
http://publications.sreb.org/2010/Beyond%20the%20Rhetoric.pdf


THE COLLEGE COMPLETION AGENDA : state policy guide / New York, NY : College Board, 2010.
http://completionagenda.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/reports pdf/Policy Guide.pdf

EDUCATION STATISTICS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT ANNUAL REPORT [ELDA] / Maple Grove, Minn. : Data Recognition Corp. 2009.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/saa/2357.html

PRINCIPAL ATTRITION AND MOBILITY : results from the 2008-09 principal follow-up survey / National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, 2010.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010337

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT ENROLLMENT, HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETIONS, AND STAFF FROM THE COMMON CORE OF DATA : school year ----, first look / Washington, DC : National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2008-
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010347.pdf

EDUCATION TESTING
THE CONDITION OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS / Iowa City : ACT, Inc. 2010.
http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/cccr10/pdf/ConditionofCollegeandCareerReadiness2010.pdf

ENERGY POLICY
MEETING THE ENERGY CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE : a guide for policymakers / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/energy/FutureEnergyChallenges0710.pdf

ENTERTAINMENT
VIDEO GAMES IN THE 21ST CENTURY : the 2010 report / Entertainment Software Association. 2010.
http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/VideoGames21stCentury 2010.pdf

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ACT 1004 - RS 11:263 REPORT : report for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. State Employees' Retirement System, 2010.

FISCAL RELATIONS
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS : fiscal pressures could have implications for future delivery of intergovernmental programs / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10899.pdf

FOSTER CARE
SAMPLE STATE LEGISLATION TO EXTEND FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION AND GUARDIANSHIP PROTECTIONS, SERVICES AND PAYMENTS TO YOUNG ADULTS AGE 18 AND OLDER / American Bar Association. Center for Children and the Law; Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP); Children's Defense Fund. American Bar Association, 2010.
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/FINAL-Sample-State-Leg-to-Extend-Foster-Care-Adoption-and-Guardianship.pdf

GOVERNMENTAL FINANCE
STATE TAX REVENUES ARE SLOWLY REBOUNDING : two straight quarters of growth, but total collections are still below prerecession levels / Albany, NY : Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. Fiscal Studies Program, 2010.
http://www.rockinst.org/pdf/government finance/state revenue report/2010-08-30-State Revenue Flash.pdf

HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY
LOUISIANA'S VISION FOR ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE IN THE NEW ORLEANS REGION / Baton Rouge : La. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2010.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=92&detail=9515

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT
ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

COLLECTING HEALTH DATA : all-payer claims databases / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

EPISODE-OF-CARE PAYMENTS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

EQUALIZING HEALTH PROVIDER RATES : all-payer rate setting / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

GLOBAL PAYMENTS TO HEALTH PROVIDERS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

PERFORMANCE-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

POOLING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG AGREEMENTS AND VOLUME PURCHASING : preferred lists, rebates, multi-state purchasing and effectiveness review of medicine / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

A SERIES EXAMINING OPTIONS FOR CONTAINING OR REDUCING HEALTH COSTS AND IMPROVING EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

USE OF GENERIC PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND BRAND-NAME DISCOUNTS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

HEALTH INSURANCE
QUICK HEALTH FACTS : a compilation of selected state data / [s.l.] : AARP Public Policy Institute, 2010.
http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-08-2010/d19305 healthfacts.html

HIGHER EDUCATION
STATE FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN FY 2009 AND FY 2010 / NCSL. Fiscal Affairs Program. -- Denver : NCSL, 2010.

HIGHWAY FINANCE
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND : nearly all states received more funding than they contributed in highway taxes since 2005 / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/GAO-10-780

HURRICANES
HURRICANE RECOVERY : federal government provided a range of assistance to nonprofits following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-800?source=ra

INFRASTRUCTURE
THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION : addressing infrastructure needs in New Orleans / New Orleans : Bureau of Governmental Research, 2010.
http://www.bgr.org/files/reports/BGR Price of Civilization.pdf

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
THE NEW POLITICS OF JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 2000-2009 : decade of change / Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. -- Washington, DC : 2010.
http://brennan.3cdn.net/d091dc911bd67ff73b 09m6yvpgv.pdf

LIBRARIES
LIBRARY LAWS OF LOUISIANA / Baton Rouge : La. State Library, 2010.

MEDICAID
FMAP EXTENSION AND THE IMPACT ON STATES / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/NALFOEnhancedFMAPExtension.pdf

MEDICAID PURCHASE PLAN : report prepared in response to LA-R.S. 40:1299.78.5 [SB 305] / Baton Rouge : La. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2010.

NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR STATES : information from NASBO's 2010 annual meeting / Washington, DC : National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) 2010.
http://nasbo.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bDyWSQKSksU%3d&tabid=83

STATE MEDICAID AGENCIES PREPARE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM WHILE CONTINUING TO FACE CHALLENGES FROM THE RECESSION / Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. -- Washington, DC : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010.
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8091.pdf

MEDICAL SCHOOLS
NEW AND DEVELOPING MEDICAL SCHOOLS : motivating factors, major challenges, planning strategies / Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2009.
http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/documents/jmf whitcomb medschools web.pdf

MINORITY EDUCATION
A NEW DIVERSE MAJORITY : students of color in the south's public schools / Atlanta : Southern Education Foundation, 2010.
http://www.sefatl.org/pdf/New%20Diverse%20Majority.pdf

NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS FIVE YEARS AFTER THE STORM : a new disaster amid recovery / Washington, DC : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010.
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8089.pdf

OIL LEASES
ONSHORE OIL AND GAS : BLM's management of public protests to its lease sales needs improvement / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-670?source=ra

OIL SPILLS
IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL : preliminary findings of the coastal population impact study / New York, NY : Columbia University. Mailman School of Public Health, 2010.
http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/files/NCDP Oil Impact Report.pdf

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
A STATE CHILD HEALTH WALK THROUGH HEALTH CARE REFORM / Washington, DC : National Academy for State Health Policy, July 2010.
http://nashp.org/sites/default/files/HCR Chart Outline for Child Health Officials.pdf?q=files/HCR_Chart_Outline_for_Child_Health_Officials.pdf

A SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE PPACA AND RELATED LEGISLATION THAT IMPACT STATE GOVERNMENT / Burns and Associates. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2010.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/reports.asp?ID=81&Detail=790

TIMELINE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM IMPLEMENTATION : health insurance provisions / Washington, DC : Commonwealth Fund, 2010.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Other/2010/Timeline Coverage 818 v4.pdf

WHAT ARE THE PROVISIONS IN THE NEW LAW FOR CONTAINING COSTS AND HOW EFFECTIVE WILL THEY BE? / Urban Institute. -- Princeton, NJ : Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, August 2010.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412194-ppaca-containing-costs.pdf

WILL THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL MALPRACTICE? / Urban Institute. -- Princeton, NJ : Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, August 2010.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412193-ppaca-medical-malpractice.pdf

POPULATION STATISTICS
UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR U.S.-BORN CHILDREN / Pew Hispanic Center. -- Washington, DC : Pew Research Center, 2010.
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/125.pdf

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION : institutions' reported data collection burden is higher than estimated but can be reduced through increased coordination / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10871.pdf

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
RX PRICE WATCH REPORT : trends in retail prices of brand name prescription drugs widely used by Medicare beneficiaries 2005 to 2009 / Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute, 2010.
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/health-care/rxpricewatch.pdf

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
STATE ACTION ON NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20944

PRISON RELEASE
IT'S ABOUT TIME : aging prisoners, increasing costs, and geriatric release / New York, NY : Vera Institute of Justice, 2010.
http://www.vera.org/download?file=2973/Its-about-time-aging-prisoners-increasing-costs-and-geriatric-release.pdf

PUBLIC HEALTH
BIOMONITORING : a best practices report for state legislators / Washington, DC : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/environ/biomonitoringrept.pdf

REAPPORTIONMENT
REDISTRICTING IN THE FIFTY STATES : the historical background and the prospects for the 1980s / Rose Institute of State and Local Government. -- Claremont, Calif. 2010.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/2640700

SALES TAX
STATE AND LOCAL-OPTION GENERAL SALES TAX RATES IN U.S. STATES / Washington, DC : Tax Foundation, 2010.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/ff240.pdf

SCHOOL FINANCE
ONE YEAR LATER : how the economic downturn continues to impact school districts / Arlington, Va. : American Association of School Administrators, 2009.
http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=8152

SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS
NO FREE LUNCH? : current challenges facing the national school lunch and school breakfast programs / National Health Policy Forum. -- Washington, DC : 2009.
http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/BP72 SchoolLunch 12-11-09.pdf

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
SCHOOL DISTRICT WELLNESS POLICIES : evaluating progress and potential for improving children's health three years after the federal mandate / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010.
http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/2010schooldistrictwellnesspolicies.pdf

SLAVERY
HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAWS IN THE STATES : June 2010 / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20871

SMALL BUSINESSES
HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA : federally funded programs have helped to address the needs of Gulf Coast small businesses, but agency data on subcontracting are incomplete / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10723.pdf

SOCIAL SECURITY
FAST FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY / U.S. Social Security Administration. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/fast facts/2010/index.html

SOCIAL SECURITY KEEPS 20 MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF POVERTY : a state-by-state analysis / Washington, DC : Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2010.
http://www.cbpp.org/files/8-11-10socsec.pdf

STATE EMPLOYEES
HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ADDRESSING RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDING / Washington, DC : Center For State and Local Government Excellence, 2010.
http://www.slge.org/vertical/Sites/%7BA260E1DF-5AEE-459D-84C4-876EFE1E4032%7D/uploads/%7BE41F19B3-6C76-4D7D-9330-54CB5EBE4556%7D.PDF

STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
STATE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION AND HYBRID PENSION PLANS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=yGsmFhwoq7E%3d&tabid=18511

STUDENTS
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANDATORY-RANDOM STUDENT DRUG TESTING / Alexandria, VA : U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, 2010.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104025/pdf/20104025.pdf

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT TUITION / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=12876

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ENHANCING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) CERTIFICATION : SNAP modernization efforts, final report - volumes I and II / Washington, DC : Urban Institute, 2010.
http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=412179

TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADULTS AND CELL PHONE DISTRACTIONS / Pew Internet and American Life Project. -- Washington, DC : Pew Research Center, 2010.
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2010/PIP Cell Distractions.pdf

New Editions of Serial Titles – August 2010


ATTORNEYS
LOUISIANA LEGAL DIRECTORY : official directory of the Louisiana Bar Association / La. Bar Association. -- Dallas, Tex. : Legal Directories Publishing Co, 2010.

CANCER
CANCER FACTS AND FIGURES -- Atlanta : American Cancer Society, 2007-

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/stt_0.asp

CENSUS
REIS : Regional Economic Information System, 1969-2008 / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2010.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3241

CHILDREN
KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK : state profiles of child well-being / Baltimore, Md. : Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2005-

http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx

CRIMINAL STATISTICS
CONSUMER SENTINEL NETWORK DATA BOOK / Washington, DC : Federal Trade Commission, 2009.

http://www.ftc.gov/sentinel/reports/sentinel-annual-reports/sentinel-cy2009.pdf

DISASTER RECOVERY
NEW ORLEANS INDEX KATRINA INDEX / Brookings Institution. Metropolitan Policy Program. -- Washington, DC : Brookings Institution, 2006-

https://gnocdc.s3.amazonaws.com/NOIat5/Overview.pdf

ECONOMIC STATISTICS
STATE PERSONAL INCOME, 1929-2005 / U.S. Economics and Statistics Administration. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2008.

EDUCATION STATISTICS
K-12 EDUCATION COMPARATIVE DATA REPORT / Atlanta : CSG. Southern Legislative Conference, 2001-

http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/cdrs/2009/2009_CDR_EDUCATION.pdf

LEAP ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT, LEVEL 1, ANNUAL REPORT / La. Department of Education. Division of School Standards Accountability and Assistance. -- Maple Grove, Minn. : Data Recognition Corp. 2009.

http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/saa/787.html

LEAP ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT, LEVEL 2 (LAA 2) ANNUAL REPORT / La. Department of Education. Division of School Standards Accountability and Assistance. -- Maple Grove, Minn. : Data Recognition Corp. 2009.

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/2221.html

POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND PRICE OF ATTENDANCE IN THE UNITED STATES : fall 2009, degrees and other awards conferred : 2008-09, and 12-month enrollment : 2008-09 / National Center for Education Statistics (NCES); RTI International. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2010.

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010161.pdf

EDUCATION TESTING
NCSL TECHNICAL REPORT : STATE APPROACHES TO SCHOOL READINESS ASSESSMENT / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

http://www.fsround.org/publications/pdfs/Financial_Services_Factbook_2010.pdf

HEALTH SURVEYS
GENWORTH FINANCIAL COST OF CARE SURVEY : home care providers, adult day health care facilities, assisted living facilities and nursing homes / [s.l.] : Genworth Financial, 2008-

http://www.genworth.com/content/etc/medialib/genworth_v2/pdf/ltc_cost_of_care.Par.14625.File.dat/2010_Cost_of_Care_Survey_Full_Report.pdf

HIGHWAY PLANNING
COMPARATIVE DATA REPORT ON STATE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS / North Carolina. General Assembly. Fiscal Research Division. -- Atlanta : CSG. Southern Legislative Conference, 1996-

http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/cdrs/2009/2009_CDR_TRANSPORTATION.pdf

JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
FEDERAL CIVIL JUDICIAL PROCEDURE AND RULES : Rule amendments received to June 1, 2010 / St. Paul : West, 2010.

http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/Downloads_LMI.asp

MOTOR VEHICLES
WARD'S MOTOR VEHICLE FACTS AND FIGURES : documenting the performance and impact of the U.S. auto industry / Southfield, Mich. : Ward's Communications, 2010.

POPULATION STATISTICS
STATE AND METROPOLITAN DATA BOOK : a statistical abstract supplement / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1983-

http://www.census.gov/compendia/databooks/pdf_version.html

PRIVACY
COMPILATION OF STATE AND FEDERAL PRIVACY LAWS : supplement / Providence, RI : Privacy Journal, 2010.

STATISTICS
ALMANAC OF THE 50 STATES : basic data profiles with comparative tables / Palo Alto, Calif. Information Publications, 1987-

TAXATION
STATE TAX UPDATE : July 2010, preliminary report / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

TEACHER COMPENSATION
SUMMARY OF REPORTED PERSONNEL AND DISTRICT SALARIES AS REPORTED BY DISTRICTS / La. Department of Education. Office of Management and Finance. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Education, 1996-

http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/pair/1089.html

WORKER'S COMPENSATION
OWCA [YR.] ANNUAL REPORT OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION : ANNUAL REPORT / La. Office of Workers' Compensation Administration. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Labor, 2000-

http://www.laworks.net/WorkersComp/RecordsManagement/OWC_AnnualReport2009.asp