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Rudd promised that if elected his government would commission a new white paper to clarify the ADF's role and force structure. [4] In December 2007, shortly after the ALP Rudd government was sworn in, the Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, directed the Department of Defence to begin work on the white paper. [5]
The term white paper originated with the British government, with the Churchill White Paper of 1922 being an early example. [4] In the British government, a white paper is usually the less extensive version of the so-called blue book, both terms being derived from the colour of the document's cover.
The Web Council has produced white papers in support of the Obama administration's Open Government Initiative. These include the 2008 report "Putting Citizens First: Transforming Online Government" [10] and its follow-up report, "2010 Progress Report – Putting Citizens First: Transforming Online Government." [11]
The first Defence White Paper was published in 1976 under the Whitlam government, and new papers were published in 1987, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2009 and 2013. [3]The Department of Defence issued a press release on 4 April 2014 stating that it had been instructed to develop a new white paper.
The 2008 French White Paper on Defence and National Security was a defence reform of the French Armed Forces.On 31 July 2007, president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered M. Jean-Claude Mallet, a member of the Council of State, to head up a 35-member commission charged with a wide-ranging review of French defence.
Chequers—the official country residence of the prime minister since 1921—where the Brexit proposals were agreed by the Cabinet. The Chequers plan, officially known as The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (Cm 9593), was a UK Government white paper concerning Brexit, published on 12 July 2018 by the prime minister, Theresa May.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration outlined plans on Thursday for the U.S. government to develop and use artificial intelligence to advance national security while managing its risks.
Scotland's Future is a government white paper published on 26 November 2013 by the Scottish Government under First Minister Alex Salmond.It lays out the case for Scottish independence and the means through which Scotland would become an independent country in personal union with the United Kingdom. [1]