Examines factors that point toward economic expansion for Virginia while acknowledging that possible federal spending cuts could hinder such expansion. From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/dentist_final.pdf
This paper examines the distribution of dentists among U.S. rural and urban counties and the implications for quality of life, health, and productivity of the significantly lower levels of dentists per 100,000 residents in nonmetropolitan counties. A working paper of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/RethinkingEnvironmentalFederalism.docx
Argues that climate policies that take advantage of the federal structure and allow subnational government units to implement policies can improve climate governance outcomes. A working paper of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/RP12-31.pdf
White paper on anti-social behavior that proposes a local initiative, community trigger approach that compels agencies to respond to persistent anti-social behavior. British Parliamentary Command Paper Cm8367
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/RP12-31.pdf
This paper presents a price index covering the period 1750 to 2011 and illustrates the changing purchasing power of the pound over the long-term. From the Library of the House of Commons
http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/RP-7-2012_SERU.pdf
Describes the standards by which publishers and users of electronic information can save time and cost associated with negotiated and signed license agreements by agreeing to operate within a framework of shared understanding and good faith. Focuses on the interests of U.S. academic libraries and scholarly publishers. From the National Information Standards Organization.
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/06-05-Long-Term_Budget_Outlook.pdf
Provides sections for alternative scenarios for the long-term federal budget outlook, the economic impact of budget policies, and long-term outlooks for federal health care programs, social security, other noninterest federal spending, and federal revenues. From the Congressional Budget Office
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR308.pdf
Boko Haram is an Islamic sect, centered in northern Nigeria, that wants to take over the country and create a pure Islamic state under sharia law. This report discusses the group’s aims, methods, and the mistakes of the government that have allowed it to grow. It also describes how the group differs from al Qaeda and al-Shabaab. From the United States Institute of Peace