Digestibles

The Entrepreneurs' Guide
The National Commission on Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurship A Candidate’s Guide: Creating Good Jobs in Your Community discusses what the typical entrepreneurial characteristics are, the infrastructure needed to support entrepreneurial development, presents best practices and answers questions about what encourages entrepreneurial growth.

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

Welfare and the Labor Market
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) final report, How Well Have Rural and Small Metropolitan Labor Markets Absorbed Welfare Recipients? Examines the impact of welfare reform on rural and small-metropolitan regions since 1993. Using economic models and twelve different regions to gauge impact, the study estimates the supply and demand impact on the low-skill labor market.

Contact: Human Services Policy, Room 404E, Asst. Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. DHHS, 200 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20201; Fax: 202/690-6562 or visit http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/rural-lm01/index.htm.
Cost: Free

9/11 Terrorist Data CD ROMs
This two CD-ROM set entitled Comprehensive Reference Resource on the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks was initiated by the National Guard Bureau to be an electronic library of resources relating to 9/11 terrorist attacks and to be distributed to organizations nationally. The CDs allow for querying the events by venue, chronology, organization function and photos in all phases of the stacks, such as ceremonies, debris removal and site demographic profiles.

Contact: Lieutenant Colonel Doug Wilkinson, Department of the Army and Airforce National Guard Bureau, 1411 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; phone 703/607-2586

Sustainable Agriculture
People Sustaining the Land: A Vision of Good Science and Art, by photographers/interviewers Cynthia Vagnetti and Jerry DeWitt, is an anthology of photos and the stories of innovative farming communities across America. Each example has colorful photos and an autobiographical narrative from the community representatives interviewed, discussing techniques for sustainability, such as training youth through farming mentors and conservation stewardships.

Contact: PSTL, 2605 NW 5th St., Ankeny, IA 50021-1036.
Cost: $24.95

Incubator Business Documents
Put It in Writing: Crafting Policies, Agreements and Contracts for Your Incubator, a book by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) and authored by Carol James, is designed to help incubator managers and developers understand the importance of formal documents or written agreements and policies. Some of the documents discussed include, leases, licensing, service agreements, applications, client handbooks and conflict-of-interest policies.

Contact: NBIA, 20 E. Circle Sr., Suite 190, Athens, OH 45701; phone 740/593-4331 or visit www.nbia.org/bookstore
Cost: $48.00 members; $65 non-members

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