Previous Award Recipients
2021
Communications
Corrections
Environmental Protection
Labor and Employment
Public Health
Public Safety
2021 Notable Document Award Judges: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Molly Riley, Minnesota; and Jenna Steward, Louisiana.
2020
Agriculture
Discrimination
- Addressing Discrimination Against Transgender New Jerseyans – New Jersey Transgender Equality Task Force
Education
Innovative Study
Labor and Employment
Public Health
Public Records
Transportation
2020 Notable Document Award Judges: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elaine Settergren, Minnesota; and Jenna Steward, Louisiana.
Agriculture
Education
- Students in Tennessee Instructed by Consecutive Ineffective Teachers – Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Office of Research and Education Accountability
- Textbooks and Instructional Materials – Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Office of Education Accountability
Elections
Fiscal Matters
Historical and Cultural Resources
Legislator and Staff Guide
Public Health
Public Policy
Special Investigation
- Special Report: Sex Week at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville – Tennessee Comptroller, Office of Research and Education Accountability
2019 Notable Document Award Judges: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Eric Glover, Idaho; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Molly Riley, Minnesota; and Jenna Steward, Louisiana.
2018
Education
Intergovernmental Relations
Legislator’s Guide
Public Health
Seniors Policy
Transportation
Youth Policy
2018 Notable Document Award Judges: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Eric Glover, Idaho; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elaine Settergren, Minnesota; and Jenna Steward, Louisiana.
2017
Economy
Education
Intergovernmental Relations
Legislatures
Public Health
State Comparison
2017 Notable Document Award Judges: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Sabah Eltareb, California; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Molly Riley, Minnesota; and Jenna Steward, Louisiana.
2016
Historical and Cultural Resources
History of Legislation
Legislatures
Legislatively Mandated
Legislator's Guide
Performance Evaluation
- Risk of Bias in Administrative Hearings – Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
Public Policy--Education
- The Every Student Succeeds Act ("The ESSA Collection") – Tennessee Offices of Research and Education Accountability and Comptroller of the Treasury
Public Policy--Health
2016 Notable Document Awards Committee: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Sabah Eltarab, California; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; and Carol Blackburn, Minnesota.
2015
Constitution
- Piecemeal Amendment to the Constitution of New Mexico 1911-2014 – New Mexico Legislative Council Service
History of Legislation
Innovative Presentation
Notable Online Resource
Performance Evaluation
- The State’s Use of Legal Services – Office of Performance Evaluations, Idaho Legislature
Public Policy – Economy
- Uber’s On-Demand Car Service – Connecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research
- Level the Playing Field: Put California’s Underground Economy Out of Business – The Little Hoover Commission, California
Public Policy – Fiscal
Public Policy – Environmental
- Minnesota and Climate Change: Our Tomorrow Starts Today – Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
- Plastic Microbeads in Minnesota – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Session Summary
- Highlights 2014 – New Mexico Legislative Council Service
2015 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Shelley Day, Utah; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elisa Naquin, Louisiana; and Alyssa Novak Jones, Minnesota.
2014
Guide – Education
- Recess Moves! A Toolkit for Quality Recess – Minnesota Department of Education
Historical and Cultural Resources
Innovative Presentation
Performance Evaluation
Public Policy – Education
- Kentucky School District Superintendent Employment and Contracts – Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Office of Educational Accountability
Public Policy – Health
Public Policy – Natural Resources
State Comparison
Statistical Analysis
2014 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Carol Blackburn, Minnesota; Shelley Day, Utah; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey
2013
Citizen’s Guide
Fiscal Policy
- Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – Texas Senate Research Center
- State Employee Compensation and Turnover – Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
Historical And Cultural Resources
Legislatively Mandated
Legislator’s Guide
Public Policy – Education
Public Policy – Public Safety
Natural Resources
Performance Evaluation
Notable Online Resource
2013 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota, Chair; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Carol Blackburn, Minnesota; Frances Thomas, Louisiana
2012
STATE GOVERNMENT HISTORY COMPILATION
PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
PUBLIC POLICY
2012 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Kristin Ford, Idaho, Chair; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota; Frances Thomas, Louisiana
2011 Notable Documents Awards
CITIZEN’S GUIDE
- The Legislators of California - California State Senate
HISTORY OF LEGISLATION
LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE
MODEL HISTORICAL WEBSITE
PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
PUBLIC POLICY – ENVIRONMENTAL
PUBLIC POLICY – PUBLIC SAFETY
2011 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Sabah Eltareb, California State Library, Chair; Carol Blackburn, Minnesota; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota
2010 Notable Documents Awards
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED
- Increasing Efficiencies in Idaho's Parole Process - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
- 2009 Full Tax Preference Performance Reviews - Washington State Joint Legislature Audit and Review Committee
CITIZEN’S GUIDE
- AIDS and the Law: What You Should Know: Laws for Older Adults - Illinois Legislative Research Unit
- Permitting in Montana - Montana Legislative Environmental Policy Office
LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE
PUBLIC POLICY- ENVIRONMENTAL
NOTABLE ONLINE RESOURCE
FISCAL MATTERS
INNOVATIVE ARTICLE
- Wisconsin at the Frontiers of Astronomy: A History of Innovation and Exploration (feature article in the State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2009-2010) - Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
2010 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson, Montana, Chair; Carol Blackburn, Minnesota; Sabah Eltareb, California; Kristin Ford, Idaho; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota
2009
CITIZENS' GUIDE
- Special Education Primer for Charter Schools - Minnesota Department of Education
INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY
- Montana Legislator READ poster series - Montana Legislative Services Division
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED
- Idaho Transportation Department Performance Audit - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
LEGISLATOR'S GUIDE
- A Minnesota Lawmaker's Guide to the Agri-Environmental Policy Landscape - Minnesota House Research Department
POLICY GUIDE
- Visioning Kentucky's Future: Measures and Milestones 2008 - Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center
PUBLIC POLICY - EDUCATION
- Feasibility of School District Services Consolidation - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
- Public Education Funding in Idaho - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
- Emerging Global Workforce Raising Education Stakes: Children at the Economic Margins Key to Sustaining Progress - Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center
PUBLIC POLICY - ENVIRONMENTAL
- Technical Evaluation of the Emissions and Control Costs of High Global Warming Potential Gases - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Environmental Analysis and Outcomes Division, etc.
- Biofuel Policies and Programs - Office of the Minnesota Legislative Auditor
- Carbon Sequestration Study - Montana Legislative Environmental Policy Office
- The Price of Flame - Montana Legislative Services Division
2009 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson, Montana, Chair; Sabah Eltareb, California; Kristin Ford, Idaho; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota
2008
CITIZEN’S GUIDE
- North Dakota Blue Book 2007-2008 - Alvin A. Jaeger, North Dakota Secretary of State
FISCAL MATTERS
- 2008 General Session Appropriation and Budget Highlights - Utah State Legislature – Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst
INNOVATIVE STUDY
- Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by Their Peers - California Research Bureau, California State Library
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED:
- Criminal Records and Employment in Minnesota: Report and Recommendations of the 2007 Collateral Sanctions Committee - Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission
- Indicators of Efficiency and Effectiveness - Kentucky Office of Education Accountability
- Virtual School Operations - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE
- Quick Guide to Committee Procedures in the House of Representatives & Quick Guide to Floor Procedure - Louisiana House Legislative Services
PUBLIC POLICY
- Compensating Victims of Bridge Collapses Outside Minnesota - Minnesota Legislature, Senate Counsel
STATE COMPARISON
- Waste Tire Recycling and Reuse in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania General Assembly – Joint State Government Commission
2007
CITIZEN’S GUIDE
- Water Rights in Montana - Montana Legislative Environmental Quality Council
FISCAL SERIES
- Profiles of Montana State Agencies - Montana Legislative Fiscal Division
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED
- Split Estates: The Relationship Between Surface and Minerals - Montana Legislative Environmental Quality Council
- Use of Average Daily Attendance in Public Education Funding - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE
- Tax Relief & Reform: What Does It Mean to Taxpayers? - Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
PUBLIC POLICY
- Delaying Necessities, Denying Needs - New York State Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation
- The Road to Privatization: Implications of Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Projects - Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis
STATE COMPARISONS
- An Overview of California’s Low Emission Vehicle Program and Efforts to Implement It in Maryland and Other States - Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis
- The Road to Electric Restructuring in Maryland - Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis
2007 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson, Montana, Chair; Carol Blackburn, Minnesota; Sabah Eltareb, California; Kristin Ford, Idaho; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota
2006
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED
- Idaho School for Deaf and Blind Evaluation Report - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
- Report of the Advisory Committee on Geriatric and Seriously Ill Inmates - Pennsylvania General Assembly - Joint State Government Commission
CITIZEN'S GUIDE
- Citizens Guide (series of five publications) - Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
- Utah State Government: A Citizens Guide - Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
LEGISLATOR'S GUIDE
- Understanding Medicaid: A Policymaker's Introduction - Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
STUDENT'S GUIDE
- Governing Wisconsin series - Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
PUBLIC POLICY
- Improved Coordination and Information Could Reduce the Backlog of Unserved Warrants - Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
- Use of Social Security Numbers for Drivers' Licenses, Permits, and Identification Cards: Federal Mandate Review - Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
FISCAL MATTERS
- A Fiscal Review of the 2005 Legislative Session - Minnesota Senate Counsel, Research, and Fiscal Analysis
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
- High Plains of Northeastern New Mexico: A Guide to Geology and Culture - New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
2006 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson, Montana, Chair; Carol Blackburn, Minnesota; Sabah Eltareb, California; Kristin Ford, Idaho; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey
2005
BODY OF WORK--LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED
- Hydrogen, Wind, Biodiesel, and Ethanol: Alternative Energy Sources to Fuel Montana's Future? - Montana Legislative Environmental Quality Council
- Montana's Water--Where is it? Who can use it? Who decides? - Montana Legislative Environmental Quality Council
CITIZEN'S GUIDE
- Pocket Guides on Fiscal Matters (various) - Montana Legislative Fiscal Division
LEGISLATOR'S GUIDE
- Gambling in Minnesota: A Short History - Research Department, Minnesota House of Representatives
- Noncitizens and Minnesota Law: A Guide for Legislators - Research Department, Minnesota House of Representatives
PUBLIC POLICY
- Medical Professional Liability Reform for the 21st Century: A Review of Policy Options - Pennsylvania General Assembly Joint State Government Commission
2005 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson, Montana, Chair; Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey; Sabah Eltareb, California
2004
BODY OF WORK
- Public Interest Energy Research: 2003 Annual Report - California Energy Commission
- 2003 Integrated Energy Policy Report - California Energy Commission
BODY OF WORK--MONOGRAPHIC SERIES
- State and Local Government in Louisiana: An Overview - Louisiana House Legislative Services
- Orientation Guide for Louisiana House Members - Louisiana House Legislative Services
EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL WORK
- New York State 2004-2005 Executive Budget: Revenue Estimating Methodology - New York State Division of the Budget:
BODY OF WORK--LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED
- The Funding and Benefit Structure of the Pennsylvania Statewide Retirement Systems: A Report with Recommendations - Pennsylvania General Assembly Joint State Government Commission
- Minority Representation in the Jury Selection Process in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania General Assembly Joint State Government Commission
EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
- Mission: Protect and Restore Puget Sound, A Progress Report - Washington Puget Sound Action Team
2004 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson, Montana, Chair; Shirley Dallas, Washington; Penelope Dukes, Williams, Texas; Sabah Eltareb, California; Cathy Griffin, Arizona; Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey
2003
PUBLIC POLICY
- Planning for the Future: Findings from Research on the Commonwealth's Current and Coming Retirees - Road Ahead: Uncertainty and Opportunity in a Changed World - Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center
- Nevada Natural Resources Status Report - Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
CITIZEN GUIDE
- Electricity Law Handbook: A Montanan's Guide to Understanding Electricity - Montana Environmental Quality Council
LEGISLATORS' GUIDE
- Understanding State Finances and the Budgeting Process: A Reference Manual for Legislators - Montana Legislative Fiscal Division
- Legislator's Handbook - Montana Legislative Services Division
SERIAL
- Briefing Paper Series: Future of Highway Funding; Medicaid Spending; Controlling Costs: No Simple Solutions to Complex Issues; Senate Confirmation of Judicial Appointments; Tax Primer - Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
REDISTRICTING & REAPPORTIONMENT
- Demographic Profile of Legislative Districts - Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
2002
NOTABLE DOCUMENTS
- Nuclear Waste Dry Cask Storage - Minnesota House of Representatives Research Dept
- Youth and the Law: A Guide for Legislators - Minnesota House of Representatives Research Dept
- State of Nebraska: 2001 Redistricting - Nebraska Legislative Research Division
- Energy Policy Issues and Legislative Options - Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
HONORABLE MENTION
- Five Shoes Waiting to Drop on Arizona's Future - Morrison Institute for Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
- Driver Distractions and Traffic Safety - Pennsylvania General Assembly Joint State Government Commission
- Tap the Power: Constitutional Highlights - Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
OUTSTANDING PROACTIVE E-UPDATE SERVICE
- Studies in the News - California Research Bureau
- OLR Updates -Connecticut Office of Legislative Research
SPECIAL CITATION FOR DEPTH OF ANALYSIS AND SPEED IN PRODUCING INFORMATION VITAL TO GOVERNMENT
- Impact of the September 11 WTC Attack on NYC's Economy and Revenues -New York City Comptroller
CONSISTENTLY OUTSTANDING CORPUS OF WORK
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission:
- CD-Roms: Acts of the General Assembly & Journal of the General Assembly
- Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2000
- V1. 1900-1949 V2. 1950-2000
- Executive Branch Contracting for Services: Inconsistent procedures limit accountability and efficiency
- Impact Plus: Design of Medicaid - Funded Program for children with severe emotional disturbance results in rapidly growing expenditures and difficult policy choices
- Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center:
- Challenges for the New Century: Trends that will influence KY's future
- Foresight
- Education and the Common Good: Social Benefits of Higher Education in KY.
- Financing State and Local Government: Future challenges and opportunities
- Listening to Kentucky High Schools: Why some high schools Miss, Meet, and Exceed Predicted Post Secondary Outcomes
- Policy Notes: on issues of importance to KY's future
- Talking Back: Kentucky High School students and their future education plans
2001
GUIDES FOR MEMBERS
- Orientation Guide for Louisiana House Members, 2000-2004 Term - Louisiana House of Representatives
- Quick Guide to Floor Procedure in the Louisiana House of Representatives - Louisiana House of Representatives
- State and Local Government in Louisiana: An Overview, 2000-2004 Term - Louisiana House of Representatives
PUBLIC POLICY
- Eminent Domain in Montana and Improving the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Process - Montana Legislative Environmental Policy Office
- Shock of the New: Changes in the Generation, Transmission, and Distribution of Electricity in Montana - Montana Legislative Services Division, Lois Menzies, Executive Director
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late: An Assembly Investigation of CONNECTIONS -New York's Statewide Child Welfare Computer System - New York Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation
CITIZEN GUIDE
- When You Are Concerned: A Guide for Families Concerned About the Safety of an Older Driver - New York State Office for the Aging
2001 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Deb Priest, New York, chair; Robbie LaFleur, Minnesota; Sabah Eltareb, California; Cathy Griffin, Arizona
2000
Notable Documents
- Minnesota Budget: A Fiscal Policy Analysis - Minnesota State Senate, Office of Fiscal Policy Analysis
- Nevada State Water Plan - Nevada Division of Water Planning, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Positioning Arizona to Achieve Maximum Benefit from the Information Economy - Arizona Legislature, Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Internet
Serial Award
- Ohio LBO Policy Briefs - Ohio Legislative Budget Office
- Session Weekly - Minnesota House of Representatives, Public Information Office
1999
Notable Documents
- Arizona Blue Book - Arizona Secretary of State
- Dilemma in the Millennium: Capital Needs of the World's Capital City - Comptroller of the City of New York
- Insurance Discrimination: Against Victims of Domestic Violence - Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Women's Law Project
Serial Award
- Perspectives - New York State Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
URL Award
- http://www.leginfo.state.sc.us/ - South Carolina Legislative Information Systems
Special Award for Consistently Outstanding and Comprehensive Quality of Publications
- Montana Environmental Quality Council
- Texas Legislative Budget Board
1998
Notable Documents
- Arizona Legislative Manual - Arizona Legislative Council
- Clean and Green - Joint State Government Commission, Pennsylvania General Assembly
- Minnesota Data Book for Legislators - Research Department, Minnesota House of Representatives
Notable URL Awards
- Florida Monitor - Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
- Feedlots and Links to the World - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
1998 Notable Documents Awards Committee: Deb Priest, New York; Cathy Griffin, Arizona; Anne Craig, Illinois; Beth Furbush, Montana; Nancy Hays, Texas