white paper

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A government report.
• noun An authoritative report on a major issue, as by a team of journalists.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun management, marketing A factual write-up of something, specifically devoid of the appearance of marketing.
• noun UK, Ireland, politics A parliamentary document announcing government policy.
• noun A document published by the European Commission that contains proposals for European Union action in a specific area.

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• noun a government report; bound in white