Digestibles

Public Private Partnerships
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the Delaware Valley Real Estate Investment Fund has published Public-Private Partnerships and State and Local Economic Development: Leveraging Private Investment authored by Stephen P. Mullin of Econsult Corporation. The report examines the field of state and local economic development, and the ways in which public-private partnerships have been utilized for different types of economic development programs and efforts, especially those dealing with revitalizing cities and urban areas.

Contact: EDA, 14th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230 or visit www.doc.gov/eda
Cost: Available at www.doc.gov/eda

Technology Infrastructure
The office of Economic Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from the Economic Development Administration (EDA), has published, Identifying Technology Infrastructure Needs in America’s Distressed Communities: A Focus on Information and Communications Technology. This study examines the critical role that technology infrastructure can play in economic development, especially in helping distressed communities move successfully into the knowledge-based twenty-first century.

Contact: EDA, 14th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230 or visit www.doc.gov/eda
Cost: Available at www.doc.gov/eda

Entrepreneurial Growth
American Formula for Growth: Federal Policy and the Entrepreneurial Economy, 1958-1998, a publication by the National Commission on Entrepreneurship, explores the impact of public policy on the rise of an entrepreneurial economy that has occurred over the past 40 years.

Contact: National Commission on Entrepreneurship, 444 N. Capitol St., NW Suite 399, Washington, DC 20001; phone 202/434-8060; email ncoe@sso.org or visit www.ncoe.org
Cost: Free online

Rapid Response for Job Loss
In response to 500,000 (15 percent of the national total) nonmetro workers losing their jobs over a two-year span (1995-1997), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) author Karen S. Hamrick published the report Displaced Workers: Differences in Nonmetro and Metro Experience in the Mid-1990s. The report looks at actual displaced workers’ experience obtained through surveying and data comparisons. Also provided are dislocated worker program references.

Contact: USDA Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-5831; 800/999-6779; Report No. 92 or available online at http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/rdrr92/rdrr92b.pdf
Cost: Free

Workers’ Compensation Compliance
The International Personnel Management Association’s FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation – How to Navigate the Compliance Maze offers detailed easy to read information about employer remedies for work-related injuries and employers’ legal rights under the Federal Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). A section dedicated to frequently asked questions about workers’ compensation reserves, provides tips on maintaining compliance.

Contact: IPMA Publications at 1617 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314; phone 703/549-7100 ext 242 or e-mail publications@ipma-he.org
Cost: $30.00 members; $50 non-members

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