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Here at Lockheed-Martin, for US EPA, we write two slightly different
kinds of white papers:
1) Information Papers
2) Decision Papers
They're very similar but have a slightly different focus. They address
the same audience. Often, the customer will ask simply for a "white
paper" and we choose the approach. However, EPA has established the
following frameworks for these papers, which we use as guidelines, but
do not follow strictly.
1.0 REQUIREMENT/PURPOSE/ISSUE
2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3.0 BACKGROUND
4.0 ASSUMPTIONS
5.0 CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES
6.0 ALTERNATIVES
7.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
I hope this helps.
Cheers.
-Mike
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Michael Andrew Uhl (mailto:uhl -dot- mike -at- epa -dot- gov)
Lockheed Martin - U.S. EPA Scientific Visualization Center
Ph. (office) 919.541.4283; 919.541.3716 (lab)
P.O. Box 14365 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
