Commends the Louisiana Foster and Adoptive Parent Association and designates May 17, 2010, as the Louisiana Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
Urge and request the United States Army Corps of Engineers to exercise all available options in the awarding of contracts for United States Army Corps of Engineers' projects within the state of Louisiana to Louisiana companies, contractors, and subcontractors and to report on a quarterly basis to the Department of Economic Development and Louisiana's Legislature the percentage of Louisiana businesses receiving United States Army Corps of Engineers' contracts for projects within Louisiana.
Directs the division of administration to publicly disclose the savings to be achieved by outsourcing services currently performed by state employees and the benefits that the contractor will be providing its employees prior to entering any contract outsourcing such services. (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Commends LSU student and employee Julie Doucet upon receiving the National Scholars Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship grant to conduct research on shellfish in the Gulf of Mexico.