NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STYLE

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education

Measures the performance of the U.S. and of each state in providing education and training beyond high school. Compares national and state higher education performance with other nations

Governor Richardson\u27s Task Force on Ethics Reform: Report of Recommendations

Governor Bill Richardson created the Governors Task Force on Ethics Reform to develop a comprehensive approach to reforming New Mexico\u27s ethics and campaign finance laws. During the course of its work, the task force discussed issues pertinent to campaign finance, governmental conduct, legislative compensation and prevention and enforcement. After discussing the broad range of issues to be included in a recommended reform package, the task force members agreed to make recommendations to establish a state ethics commission; to limit the receipt of gifts by state officials; to establish campaign contribution limits; to strengthen campaign reporting laws; to provide legislative expense reimbursement accounts; to establish appointive offices for the state treasurer and state auditor; and to extend public financing of campaigns to races for statewide and judicial offices. This report provides a brief history of previous ethics and campaign finance reform efforts in New Mexico and a description of the work of the Governor\u27s Task Force on Ethics Reform. It further describes the recommendations of the task force and reasons for those recommendations.\u2

ASSESSING RURAL COMMUNITY VIABILITY AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL

Community/Rural/Urban Development,

Interindustry model of the economy of north-central New Mexico

Introduction; Procedures; Sector definitions; Data accumulation and model estimation procedures; An interindustry model of north-central New Mexico; Transactions matrix; Direct requirements matrix; Direct and indirect requirements matrix; Regional self-sufficiency; Literature cited; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix CResearch report presenting an interindustry econometric model containing basic data for north-central New Mexico for use in planning and economic analysis

New Mexico agriculture--1969

New Mexico's agricultural industry-some notes on recent trends; Population; Water; Agricultural policy; Agricultural prices; Agricultural credit; Livestock; Cattle and sheep ranching in New Mexico; Range conditions; New Mexico upland cotton; Feed grains; Alfalfa and other hay; New Mexico onions; Irrigated cropland, lower Rio Grande river basin, New Mexico; Cost of producing selected field cropsResearch report containing an overview of the agricultural situation in New Mexico in 1969, including information on production, costs, and income

Socioeconomic analysis of labor mobility, north-central New Mexico

Introduction; Objectives and hypotheses of the study; Procedures; Data collection; Analysis; Communting mobility; Present communting patterns; Willingness to commute; Cross-classification analysis results; Regression analysis results; Work characteristics; Household characteristics; Educational characteristics; Occupational characteristics; Relocation mobility; Tabular analysis results; Regression analysis results; AppendixResearch report containing the results of a study to determine factors affecting commuting behavior, and the willingness to commute or relocate for job opportunities in north-central New Mexico