A white paper is an
authoritative report on a major issue written by a team of experts; a government
report outlining policy; or a document whose purpose is to educate industry
customers or collect leads for a company. White papers are used to help people
make decisions.
In modern British or Irish terminology, a White Paper is a
statement of government policy. It is called white paper because
originally these were thin documents with a white self-cover, not bound in blue
as most government reports were.
