Louisiana House of Representatives

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July 2010

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New Acquisitions List – July 2010

AGED
OLDER AMERICANS 2010 : key indicators of well-being / Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics. -- Washington, DC : U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2010_Documents/Docs/OA 2010.pdf

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
STRUCTURE AND FINANCES OF U.S. FARMS : family farm report / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, 2010.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB66/#2010-7-26

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)
IMPROVING ACCESS TO PUBLIC BENEFITS : helping eligible individuals and families get the income supports they need / Baltimore, Md. : Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2010.
http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Topics/Economic%20Security/Family%20Economic%20Supports/ImprovingAccesstoPublicBenefitsHelpingEligibl/BenefitsAccess41410.pdf

AUDITS
THE CAPITAL APPEALS PROJECT : compliance audit, issued June 30, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La.  Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/AB9C26F2487FDEC586257750007A24E8/$FILE/00017848.pdf

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ROAD HOME HOMEOWNER'S PROGRAM, GRANT FILE ANALYSIS : agreed-upon procedures report, issued July 14, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/A58A1999E71AC5F28625775F005C08CD/$FILE/00017ABB.pdf

LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM, STATE OF LOUISIANA : accountant's review report, issued July 21, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/CBFF3924775A6BE486257767006CC752/$FILE/00017E09.pdf

SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A COLLEGE WITHIN THE LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM, A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA : financial statement audit for the year ended June 30, 2009, issued June 30, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/42656D0F0D489124862577520074CACA/$FILE/00017953.pdf

BROWNFIELDS
RECLAIMING THE LAND, REVITALIZING COMMUNITIES - BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT : a compendium of best practices, vol. 4 / Washington, DC : U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2010.
http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/USCMbrownfieldsVol4BestPracticesFinal.pdf

BUDGETS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET ACT (LGBA) : FAQ / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2008.
http://libserv.legis.state.la.us/dbtw-wpd/LegisDocs/LLA/LocalGovt-2008.pdf

RECESSION CONTINES TO BATTER STATE BUDGETS; STATE RESPONSES COULD SLOW RECOVERY / Washington, DC : Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2010.
http://www.cbpp.org/files/9-8-08sfp.pdf

CHILDREN
CHILD AND YOUTH WELL-BEING INDEX (CWI) / Foundation for Child Development, 2010.
For earlier editions, see URLs.
http://www.fcd-us.org/usr doc/FINAL 2010 CWI Annual Release.pdf

CHILDHOOD POVERTY PERSISTENCE : facts and consequences / Urban Institute, June 2010.
http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/412126-child-poverty-persistence.pdf

CRIMINAL STATISTICS
STUDENT VICTIMIZATION IN U.S. SCHOOLS : results from the 2007 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey / Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, 2010.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010319

DISASTER RECOVERY
NAVIGATING THE ROAD TO RECOVERY : assessment of the coordination, communication, and financing of the Disaster Case Management Pilot in Louisiana / RAND, 2010.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical reports/TR849/

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

THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW ORLEANS / New Orleans : Tulane University. Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives, 2010.
http://www.coweninstitute.com

STATUS AND TRENDS IN THE EDUCATION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS / Washington, DC : National Center for Education Statistics, 2010.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010015

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE /  Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22254_20100630.pdf

EX-CONVICTS
MENTORING EX-PRISONERS : a guide for prisoner reentry programs / U.S. Department of Labor, 2010.
http://www.doleta.gov/PRI/PDF/Mentoring_Ex_Prisoners_A_Guide.pdf

GOVERNMENTAL FINANCE
AFTER DISASTROUS 2009, STATES REPORT MODEST REVENUE GROWTH IN EARLY 2010 / New York, NY : Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. Fiscal Studies Program, 2010.

HEALTH CARE
HURRICANE KATRINA : CMS and HRSA assistance to sustain primary care gains in the greater New Orleans area / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10773r.pdf

MEDICAID LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS : key changes in the health reform law / Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2010.
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8079.pdf

STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM : harnessing federal resources to meet state policy goals / Urban Institute; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010.
http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/66488.pdf

STATE ROLES IN DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM : Rx for health reform. affordable. accessible. accountable. / National Governors Association, 2010.
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/1007DELIVERYSYSTEMREFORM.PDF

ILLINOIS
PAY DAY! : Illinois legislators among highest paid in nation / Illinois Policy Institute, July 22, 2010.
http://www.illinoispolicy.org/uploads/files/Publications/payday%20%281%29.pdf

LEGISLATIVE SESSION--2010--REGULAR
2010 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / Baton Rouge : La. House Legislative Services, 2010.
http://house.louisiana.gov/Agendas 2010/2010_WarpUp.pdf

LEGISCON FINAL REPORT, THIRTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1974 : 2010 first regular session, March 29 - June 21, Baton Rouge, Louisiana / Baton Rouge : James A. Lee, 2010.

LIFE INSURANCE
LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENTS : regulatory inconsistencies may pose a number of challenges / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10775.pdf

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS COMMISSION / Baton Rouge : La. Office of State Inspector General, 2010.
http://oig.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/reports/2010/1080016.pdf

MINORITY EDUCATION
MINORITIES AND THE RECESSION-ERA COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BOOM / Pew Research Center, June 16, 2010.
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/757-college-enrollment.pdf

NEW ORLEANS
NEIGHBORHOOD RECOVERY RATES : Resiliency of New Orleanians shown in neighborhood repopulation numbers / Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. July 1, 2010.
https://gnocdc.s3.amazonaws.com/reports/GNOCDC_NeighborhoodRecoveryJune2010.pdf

OIL SPILLS
THE 2010 OIL SPILL : criminal liability under wildlife laws / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.
http://opencrs.com/document/R41308/2010-06-28/?25103

AIR CHEMISTRY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL AREA : NOAA WP-3D airborne chemical laboratory flights of 8 and 10 June 2010 / Boulder, Colo. : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2010.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/tropchem/2010gulf/GulfReport.pdf

COASTAL EMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE 2010 DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER / Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. 2010.
https://gnocdc.s3.amazonaws.com/reports/GNOCDC_CoastalEmployment.pdf

DEEPWATER HORIZON EVENT : oil spill documentation guidance for local government officials / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/2F0AFF6B02DA1CDC8625775F006B6BA3/$FILE/00017B36.pdf

DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL : selected issues for Congress / Washington, DC : Congressional Research Service, 2010.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41262 20100618.pdf

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGES : an implementation timeline for state policymakers / Academy Health. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010.
http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/66489.pdf

THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT : an overview of its potential impact on state health programs / Sacramento, Calif. : California. Legislative Analyst’s Office, 2010.
http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/hlth/fed healthcare/fed_healthcare 051310.pdf

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (PPAAC) ON THE STATES? / Washington, DC : Urban Institute, 2010.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412117-impact-patient-protection.pdf

PENSIONS
VALUING LIABILITIES IN STATE AND LOCAL PLANS / Boston : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references.
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Briefs/slp_11.pdf

PORTS
THE PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION AND SLC STATE PORTS / CSG. Southern Legislative Conference, 2010.
http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/EconDev/ports_web.pdf

PRISONERS
ADDRESSING HIV AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG PRISONERS / CSG, July 2010.
http://www.csg.org/policy/documents/HIVandSTDinjail.pdf

JAIL INMATES AT MIDYEAR 2009 - STATISTICAL TABLES / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/jim09st.pdf

PUBLIC BID LAW
THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR'S SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC BID LAW / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2009.
http://libserv.legis.state.la.us/dbtw-wpd/LegisDocs/LLA/PublicBid-2009.pdf

PUBLIC LIABILITY
WEATHER OR NOT? : state liability and road weather information systems (RWIS) / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20628

PUBLIC PROPERTY
DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS MOVABLE PROPERTY : FAQs / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://libserv.legis.state.la.us/dbtw-wpd/LegisDocs/LLA/SurplusProperty-2010.pdf

KNOWING WHAT YOU OWN : an efficient government how-to guide for managing state and local property inventories / Washington, DC : Reason Foundation, 2010.
http://reason.org/files/how_to_manage_or_sell_state_local_property.pdf

THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR'S SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC LEASE LAW / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2008.
http://libserv.legis.state.la.us/dbtw-wpd/LegisDocs/LLA/PublicLease-2008.pdf

READING
EARLY WARNING! : why reading by the end of the third grade matters / Baltimore, Md. : Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2010.
http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Initiatives/KIDS%20COUNT/123/2010KCSpecReport/AEC_report_color_highres.pdf

REAPPORTIONMENT
NEW POPULATION ESTIMATES SHOW ADDITIONAL CHANGES FOR 2009 CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT, WITH MANY STATES SITTING CLOSE TO THE EDGE FOR 2010 / Election Data Services. -- Manassas, VA : 2009.
http://www.electiondataservices.com/images/File/NR Appor09wTables.pdf

RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
OLDER AMERICANS : continuing care retirement communities can provide benefits, but not without some risk / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10611.pdf

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
DB VERSUS DC DISCUSSION / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://www.lla.la.gov/userfiles/file/HB930 Phase1.pdf

DB VERSUS DC DISCUSSION : follow-up to phase I / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://www.lla.la.gov/userfiles/file/HB930_FollowUp.pdf

DB VERSUS DC DISCUSSION : phase II / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.
http://www.lla.la.gov/userfiles/file/HB930 Phase2.pdf

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
STATE LEGISLATORS WHO THEY ARE AND HOW TO WORK WITH THEM : a guide for school health professionals / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=20700

STATE EXPENDITURES
STATE AIRLINE TRAVEL / Baton Rouge : La. Office of State Inspector General, 2010.
http://oig.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/reports/CID-10-006.pdf

TECHNICAL EDUCATION
A SHARPER FOCUS ON TECHNICAL WORKERS : how to educate and train for the global economy / National Governors Association, 2010.
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/1007TECHNICALWORKERS.PDF

TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN TRANSPORTATION / Lexington, Ky. : CSG, 2010.
http://www.csg.org/policy/documents/CR_PublicPrivatePartnershipinTransportation.pdf

WOMEN
REALIZING HEALTH REFORM'S POTENTIAL : women and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 / Commonwealth Fund, July 2010.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2010/Jul/1429 Collins Women ACA brief.pdf

 

New Editions of Serial Titles – July 2010

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE : facts and figures / Alzheimer's Association. -- Chicago : 2010.

http://alz.org/national/documents/report_alzfactsfigures2010.pdf

BROWNFIELDS
RECYCLING AMERICA'S LAND : a national report on brownfields redevelopment / Washington, DC : U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2010.

http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/USCMBrownfieldsSurvey2010.pdf

CHILDREN
AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN BRIEF : KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING / Washington, DC : Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2006-

http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
FISCAL YEAR 20-- ANNUAL PLAN : integrated restoration and hurricane protection in coastal restoration and hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana / La. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, 2006-

http://www.lacpra.org/assets/docs/FY2011Annualplanfinal.pdf

DRUGS, CRIMINAL
THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY / U.S. Executive Office of the President. Office of National Drug Control Policy. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Executive Office of the President, 2010.

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/policy/ndcs.html

EDUCATION STATISTICS
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 100 LARGEST PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES / Washington, DC : National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2010.

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010349

EDUCATION STATISTICS
THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION / Washington, DC : National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2002-

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010028

EDUCATION STATISTICS
NUMBERS AND TYPES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS FROM THE COMMON CORE OF DATA : school year 2007-08. First look / Washington, DC : National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2009-

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010305.pdf http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010345

ELECTIONS
COMBINED FEDERAL/STATE DISCLOSURE AND ELECTION DIRECTORY / Washington, DC : Federal Election Commission, 2010.

http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/cfsdd/cfsdd.shtml

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
KAUFFMAN INDEX OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY, 1996-2009 / Kansas City, Mo. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2010.

http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedfiles/kiea_2010_report.pdf

EVIDENCE
HANDBOOK ON LOUISIANA EVIDENCE LAW / Pugh, George W. -- St. Paul, Minn. West, 2010.

http://www.frac.org/pdf/summer_report_2010.pdf

HEALTH INSURANCE
STATE LEGISLATORS' GUIDE TO HEALTH INSURANCE SOLUTIONS AND GLOSSARY / Council for Affordable Health Insurance; American Legislative Exchange Council. -- Washington, DC : Council for Affordable Health Insurance, 2010.

http://www.cahi.org/cahi_contents/resources/pdf/StateLegislatorsGuide2010.pdf

HOMELESSNESS
THE (YR.) ANNUAL HOMELESS ASSESSMENT REPORT / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Community Planning and Development. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2010.

http://www.hudhre.info/documents/5thHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf

SCHOOL FINANCE
LOUISIANA MFP ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT / La. Department of Education. Division of Planning, Analysis and Information Resources. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Education, 2004-

http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/pair/1877.html http://libserv.legis.state.la.us/dbtw-wpd/reports/SDE-MFP-2010.pdf

STATE GOVERNMENT
THE BOOK OF THE STATES / CSG. -- Lexington, Ky. CSG, 1970-