Louisiana House of Representatives - David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library
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New Acquisitions List – December 2011
AGED
AGING IN PLACE : a state survey of livability policies and practices / Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute; NCSL, 2011.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=23937
AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION
ANIMAL WASTE AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES : current laws and legislative issues / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2011.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33691.pdf
AUDITS
CITY OF MONROE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT : compliance audit, issued December 7, 2011 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2011.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/E9A3010816EDFF3F8625795F0072481A/$FILE/00023DE6.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA : management letter, issued December 14, 2011 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2011.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/39C9C3659C57E3F786257966006A406B/$FILE/000247D6.pdf
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CLOSE OUT, JANUARY 2011 - JUNE 2011 : agreed-upon procedures report, issued December 21, 2011 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2011.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/FE6B802343257B988625796E005FB18A/$FILE/00024A8F.pdf
LOUISIANA STADIUM AND EXPOSITION DISTRICT, A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA : financial statement audit for the year ended June 30, 2011, issued December 14, 2011 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2011.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/F82E30E4AA56C9F686257966006CD666/$FILE/000247D7.pdf
CHARTER SCHOOLS
THE STATE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS : what we know - and what we do not - about performance and accountability / Washington, DC : Center for Education Reform, 2011.
http://charterschoolresearch.com/
CHILDREN
THE CHANGING CHILD POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES : analysis of data from the 2010 census / Baltimore, Md. : Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2011.
http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Initiatives/KIDS%20COUNT/T/TheChangingChildPopulationoftheUnitedStates/AECFChangingChildPopulationv8web.pdf
CHILD POVERTY : are out-of-wedlock births the root cause? / Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2011.
STATE EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS : an overview of implementation across the states / Washington, DC : NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011.
http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1112ADVISORYCOUNCILS.PDF
CITIZENSHIP
QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRESIDENT AND THE NATURAL BORN CITIZENSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2011.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf
COLLEGE SPORTS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL : is the drive for prestige and profit out of control? / Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2011.
CORPORATE INCOME TAX
CORPORATE TAX DODGING IN THE FIFTY STATES, 2008-2010 / Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Citizens for Tax Justice. -- Washington, DC : Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2011.
http://www.itepnet.org/pdf/CorporateTaxDodgers50StatesReport.pdf
DRUGS, CRIMINAL
SYNTHETIC DRUGS : overview and issues for Congress / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2011.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42066.pdf
EDUCATION POLICY
BUILDING A SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH EDUCATION AGENDA / Washington, DC : NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011.
http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1112STEMGUIDE.PDF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EPA MUST IMPROVE OVERSIGHT OF STATE ENFORCEMENT / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Inspector General. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011.
http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2012/20111209-12-P-0113.pdf
FINANCE
FINANCE AND THE ECONOMY : Occupy Wall Street in historical perspective / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2011.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42081.pdf
GUN CONTROL
GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2011.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32842.pdf
JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
NO PLACE FOR KIDS : the case for reducing juvenile incarceration / Baltimore, Md. : Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2011.
http://www.aecf.org/OurWork/JuvenileJustice/~/media/Pubs/Topics/Juvenile%20Justice/Detention%20Reform/NoPlaceForKids/JJ_NoPlaceForKids_Full.pdf
MASSAGE THERAPY BOARD
STATE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY / Baton Rouge : La. Office of State Inspector General, 2011.
http://oig.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/reports/CID-10-029.pdf
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
DECISIONS, DECISIONS : retirement plan choices for public employees and employers / Washington, DC : National Institute on Retirement Security, 2011.
http://www.nirsonline.org/storage/nirs/documents/Decisions%20Decisions/final_decisions_decisions_report.pdf
RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT
TRANSFORMING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW ORLEANS : the Recovery School District, 2003-2011 / New Orleans : Tulane University. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives, 2011.
http://www.coweninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/History-of-the-RSD-Report-2011.pdf
SCHOOL FINANCE
COMPARABILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL EXPENDITURES AMONG SCHOOLS WITHIN DISTRICTS : a report from the study of school-level expenditures / U.S. Department of Education. Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education, 2011.
http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/title-i/school-level-expenditures/school-level-expenditures.pdf
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html#comparability-state-local-expenditures
TANF
COMPARING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION OF TANF AND NON-TANF FAMILIES BEFORE AND DURING A TIME OF RECESSION / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2011.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-127.pdf
TEACHER COMPENSATION
NEW MODELS OF TEACHER COMPENSATION : lessons learned from six states / Washington, DC : NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011.
http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1112TEACHERPAY.PDF
TEACHERS
THE THREE RS OF TEACHER PENSION PLANS : recruitment, retention, and retirement / Washington, DC : National Institute on Retirement Security, 2011.
http://www.nirsonline.org/storage/nirs/documents/3R%20Teacher%20Pensions/final_oct_31_3rs_issue_brief.pdf
WITNESSES
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY : could new safeguards prevent misidentifications? / Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2011.
New Editions of Serial Titles – December 2011
ANNUAL REPORT
ANNUAL REPORT : professional, personal, consulting, and social services contracts / Baton Rouge : La. Division of Administration. Office of Contractual Review, 2001-
Holdings: 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011.
LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER ANNUAL REPORT / Baton Rouge : La. Transportation Research Center, 2011.
Holdings: 2010-2011 (data yr.)
http://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/pdf/2011/ann_rpt_11_web.pdf
BUDGETS
STATE BUDGET UPDATE : [month, year] / NCSL. Fiscal Affairs Program. -- Denver : NCSL, 2003-
Holdings: 2003 Feb., 2003 Apr., 2003 Nov., 2004 Feb., 2004 Apr., 2004 Nov., 2005 Apr., 2005 Nov., 2006 Mar., 2006 Nov., 2007 Mar., 2007 Nov., 2008 Apr., 2008 June, 2008 Nov., 2009 Apr., 2009 July, 2009 Nov., 2010 Apr., 2010 July, 2010 Nov., 2011 Mar., 2011 Nov.
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=23914
STATE EXPENDITURE REPORT /Washington, DC : National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO), 1999-
Holdings: 1998 (FY), 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
http://www.nasbo.org/Publications/StateExpenditureReport/StateExpenditureReportArchives/tabid/107/Default.aspx
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT [YR.] -- STATISTICAL TABLES / U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. -- [s.l.] U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2008-
Holdings: 2006 (data yr.), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2236
CHILD HEALTH
LOUISIANA'S REPORT CARD ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH / Pennington Biomedical Research Center. -- Baton Rouge : 2008-
Holdings: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://www.pbrc.edu/report_card/
CHILD SUPPORT
CUSTODIAL MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND THEIR CHILD SUPPORT / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2006-
Holdings: 2003 (data yr.), 2005, 2007, 2009.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-240.pdf
CHILDREN
LOUISIANA CHILDREN'S CODE HANDBOOK / McGough, Lucy S.; Triche, Kerry. -- St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 2012.
Holdings: 2012.
CIVIL CODE
LOUISIANA CIVIL LAW TREATISE GENERAL INDEX / St. Paul, Minn. : West, 2011.
Holdings: 2011/2012.
COLLEGE FINANCE
FY 20-- PLAN AND BUDGET FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF REVENUES AVAILABLE FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS SUPPORT FUND WITH AN OVERVIEW OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS OBTAINED / Baton Rouge : La. Board of Regents, 2000, 2010-
Holdings: 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013.
CORRECTIONAL STATISTICS
DEATH PENALTY YEAR END REPORT / Death Penalty Information Center, 1996-
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/2011__Year__End.pdf
COURTS
EXAMINING THE WORK OF STATE COURTS : a national perspective from the Court Statistics Project / Williamsburg, Va. : National Center for State Courts, 2004-
Holdings: 2004 (data yr.), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
http://www.courtstatistics.org/FlashMicrosites/CSP/images/CSP2009.pdf
FUTURE TRENDS IN STATE COURTS / Williamsburg, Va. : National Center for State Courts, 2008-
Holdings: 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://contentdm.ncsconline.org/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/ctadmin&CISOPTR=1820
STATE COURT CASELOAD STATISTICS / Williamsburg, Va. : National Center for State Courts, 2004-
Holdings: 2004 (data yr.), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
http://www.courtstatistics.org/Other-Pages/StateCourtCaseloadStatistics.aspx
CRIMINAL LAW
WEST'S LOUISIANA STATUTORY CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE : complete through acts of the 2011 first extraordinary and regular sessions of the Legislature / Eagan, MN : West, 2011.
Holdings: 2012.
CRIMINAL STATISTICS
CITY CRIME RANKINGS : crime in metropolitan America / Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2006-
Holdings: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
DIRECTORY
LOUISIANA STATE GOVERNMENT TELEPHONE DIRECTORY / Baton Rouge : La. Division of Administration, 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/otm/listings/sgtd.pdf
EDUCATION
GUIDE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS / U.S. Department of Education. Office of the Secretary. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education, 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/gtep.pdf
EDUCATION POLICY
KEEPING PACE WITH K-12 ONLINE LEARNING : a review of state-level policy and practice / Evergreen Consulting Associates. -- Evergreen, CO : 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
http://kpk12.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/KeepingPace2011.pdf
EDUCATION STATISTICS
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GRADERS' READING ABILITIES : spring [yr.] progress report / La. Department of Education. Division of Student Standards and Assessments. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Education, 2005-
Holdings: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/offices/literacy/reading_reports.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. 2011.
Holdings: 2010/2011.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/topics/laa2.html
MINORITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ANNUAL STATUS REPORT / American Council on Education. Office of Minorities in Higher Education. -- Washington, DC : American Council on Education, 2004-
Holdings: 2003/04 (data yr.), 2006 (publication yr.), 2007 supplement, 2008, 2009 supplement, 2010, 2011 supplement.
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CAREE&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=34226
EDUCATION TESTING
THE NATION'S REPORT CARD MATHEMATICS [YR.] : National Assessment of Educational Progress at grades 4 and 8 / National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) -- Washington, DC : U.S. G.P.O., 2007-
Holdings: 2007, 2009, 2011.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
READY OR NOT? : protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism -- Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, 2007-
Holdings: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://healthyamericans.org/report/92/
GOVERNMENT TRAVEL
LOUISIANA TRAVEL GUIDE / La. Division of Administration. State Travel Office. -- Baton Rouge : La. State Travel Office, 2011.
Holdings: 2011/2012.
http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osp/travel/travelpolicy/travelguide.pdf
GOVERNMENTAL FINANCE
THE FISCAL SURVEY OF STATES / Washington, DC : National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO), 1985-
Holdings: 2/85, 6/85, 3/86, 8/86, 3/87, 9/87, 3/88, 10/88, 3/89, 9/89, 3/90, 9/90, 4/91, 10/91, 4/92, 10/92, 4/93, 10/93, 4/94, 11/94, 5/95, 10/95, 4/96, 4/97, 12/97, 5/98, 12/98, 6/99, 12/99, 8/00, 12/00, 6/01, 12/01, 05/02, 11/02, 6/03, 12/03, 04/04, 12/04, 06/05, 12/05, 06/06, 12/06, 06/07, 12/07, 06/08, 12/08, 06/09, 12/09, 06/10, 12/10, 06/11, 12/11.
http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/FSS1111.PDF
LIFE INSURANCE
LIFE INSURERS FACT BOOK / Washington, D.C. : American Council of Life Insurers, 1999-
Holdings: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://www.acli.com/Tools/Industry%20Facts/Life%20Insurers%20Fact%20Book/Documents/2011%20Fact%20Book.pdf
LOUISIANA
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA OF 1974, CURRENT THROUGH NOVEMBER 2011 / Louisiana. -- Baton Rouge : La. House, 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
MEDICAL CARE
AMERICA'S HEALTH RANKINGS : a call to action for people and their communities / Minnetonka, Minn. : UnitedHealth Foundation, 2005-
Holdings: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://www.americashealthrankings.org/SiteFiles/Reports/AHR%202011Edition.pdf
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
SUMMARY OF VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION LAWS, CURRENT AS OF JUNE 1, 2010 / Washington, DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2011.
Holdings: 2010 (data yr.)
http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811458.pdf
MUNICIPALITIES
BEST-PERFORMING CITIES : where America's jobs are created and sustained / Santa Monica, Calif. : Milken Institute, 2009-
Holdings: 2009, 2010, 2011.
http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/publications.taf?function=detail&ID=38801293&cat=resrep
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
SREB FACT BOOK ON HIGHER EDUCATION /Atlanta : Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) 1990-
Holdings: 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011.
http://www.sreb.org/main/EdData/FactBook/factbookindex.asp
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE / Montvale, N.J. : Medical Economics Co. 2012.
Holdings: 2011.
SALES TAX
SALES AND USE TAX ANSWER BOOK / Chicago : Commerce Clearing House (CCH), 2011.
Holdings: 2012.
SENTENCING
FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL / U.S. Sentencing Commission. -- Eagan, MN : Thomson/West, 2007-
Holdings: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
SMALL BUSINESSES
SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL INDEX : ranking the policy environment for entrepreneurship across the nation / Washington, DC : Small Business Survival and Entrepreneurship Council, 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
http://www.sbecouncil.org/survivalindex2011
SOCIAL SECURITY
STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR SSI RECIPIENTS / Washington, DC : U.S. Social Security Administration, 2011.
Holdings: 2011 (data yr.)
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/ssi_st_asst2011.pdf
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
REACHING THOSE IN NEED : State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation rates in [yr.] / Mathematica Policy Research. -- [s.l.] U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food and Nutrition Service, 2010-
Holdings: 2008 (data yr.), 2009.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/nutrition/FNS09rates.pdf
TAX BURDEN
TAX RATES AND TAX BURDENS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA : a nationwide comparison / District of Columbia. Department of Finance and Revenue. -- Washington, DC : Government of the District of Columbia, 2000-
Holdings: 1999 (2008), 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
http://cfo.dc.gov/cfo/cwp/view,a,1324,q,612643.asp
TOLLS
TOLL FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES : bridges, roads, tunnels, ferries / Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Information. -- Washington, DC : Federal Highway Administration, 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tollpage.htm
VENEREAL DISEASES
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE / Atlanta : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.
Holdings: 2010 [data year]
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/default.htm
WOMEN
WOMEN'S HEALTH USA [YR.] / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. -- Rockville, Md. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011.
Holdings: 2011.
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa11/index.html
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