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"Western States Legislative Directory
2007-08" A
complete and authoritative guide to in-session and
out-of-session information on the 13 western state
legislatures.
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2007 Year in Review
Looks
at the CSG-WEST organization, who it
serves, what it accomplished in 2006 and what's
coming up in 2007. (PDF of the report
is available. Click on report image.)
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2006 Year in Review
Looks
at the CSG-WEST organization, who it
serves, what it accomplished in 2006 and what's
coming up in 2007. (PDF of the report
is available. Click on report image.)
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"Legislative
Civility" The
CSG-WEST Futures Committee met in 2004 to
consider whether or not legislative civility can
survive a society that is polarized and politics
that are naturally contentious. A special report
based on that forum examines the causes,
consequences and cures of incivility in the
legislative branch.
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"Legislative
Staff Members Look At Workplace Issues"
This publication discusses
generational differences at work as well as gender communications and how
to make the workplace enjoyable and productive. The 2003 "Special
Report: Legislative Staff Managers Look at Workplace Issues" is based
on professional development seminars held in 2003 by the CSG-WEST Legislative Service Agency/Research Directors (LSA/RD)
Committee in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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"Western
Initiatives: A Challenge To Representative Democracy", A product of the Committee
on the Future of Western Legislatures
The third report of an
ongoing series about changing Western legislative institutions. This
report contains excerpts from a forum conducted by Western legislatures on
the challenges to representative democracy from the initiative process.
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"The
Second Half Of Life: Redefining Aging In America", A product of the WESTRENDS committee
A report on the 50+ aging
population and the policy impacts.
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Special
Reports
-Energy
Crisis
-Budget Blues
-Working with Media
-Homeland Security
-Drought in the West
-Family Caregivers
-Global Trade -Opportunities
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2008 CSG-WEST Leadership
Brochure overview
of the CSG-WEST programs and projects and
who's leading them.
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"New vs. Old Media: Getting the Statehouse Story Out " Spring 2007
This Special Report
on new vs. old meda is a product of the Committee on the Future of Western Legislatures,
Council of State Governments-WEST (CSG-WEST).
Information for the report was developed at a forum held in Breckenridge, Colorado, August 12, 2006.(PDF of report available. Click on report
image.)
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"Beyond the Law" Winter 2007
This Special Report
on ethics is a product of the Committee on the Future of Western Legislatures,
Council of State Governments-WEST (CSG-WEST).
Information for the report was developed at an
ethics forum held in Portland, Oregon, September 14,
2005.(PDF of report available. Click on report
image.)
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"Border
Directory of State Officials 2005", A product of the The U.S.-Mexico Border
Directory of State Elected Officials is a product of the Border
Legislative Conference. The directory is a comprehensive list of executive
officers and legislators of the 10 states along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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"Western
States New Legislator Orientation Programs"
This
booklet compilation is a product of the CSG-WEST Legislative
Service Agency/Research Directors committee.
While some of the state programs in the booklet
were still being refined and finalized for
orientation for the 2005 legislative sessions,
each Western State is represented by either their
most recent new legislator program at the time or
the status of their 2005 program.
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"Natural
Gas: What Is The Future?", A product of the Energy
and Public Lands Committee: Subcommittee on Natural Gas
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