http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/2007_cb/2007_cb_final_report.pdf

Tenth annual report on the topic which estimates annual benefits of major federal regulations reviewed between 1996 and 2006 range between $99 billion and $484 billion, while the estimated annual costs range between $40 and $46 billion. From the Office of Management and Budget.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/CCR45/CCR45.pdf

In 2005, overpayments cost the Food Stamp Program $1.29 billion. This report looks at state level efforts to reduce errors. From the Economic Research Service.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/cffr-06.pdf

Covers federal government expenditures or obligations in state, county, and subcounty areas in 2006. Covers grants, direct payments to individuals, procurement contracts, salaries and wages and more. Also provides a historical summary of federal government expenditures by state 1997 to 2006. Virginia ranked 4th among states for per capita federal government expenditures in 2006. From the Census Bureau.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/fas-06.pdf

Presents statistics on federal aid to states. Federal aid amounted to $428.2 billion in 2006. Provides information by agency and specific program of aid for each state. From the Census Bureau.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30315.pdf

Discusses the balance between state and federal power in general and reviews how some recent Supreme Court decisions have revised this historical relationship in reinterpreting certain amendments and clauses of the Constitution. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34430.pdf

Reviews the history of the legislation that imposes federal requirements on state issuance of drivers'' licenses and identification cards. Also reviews the main constitutional questions relating to such legislation, unfunded mandate issues, the time line for state implementation and other issues. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9068/03-31-UMRA.pdf

The report covers legislation considered by Congress in 2007 that would impose federal mandates on state, local, or tribal governments or on the private sector. From the Congressional Budget Office

http://141.104.22.210/VDOE/nclb/coststudyreport-local.html

Reports the cost impact to local school divisions in Virginia of carrying out the mandates of the Federal No Child Left Behind Act. From the Virginia Department of Education.