What is the correct format for citing a government commission report or white paper when a pinpoint page is included?

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When citing a government commission report or white paper with a pinpoint page, the key is to identify the entity responsible for the work and the exact location you’re pointing to, then close with when it was published. Start with the authoring body because the agency or group is the primary author and authority on the document. Then present the title of the report to identify the work itself. If you’re directing readers to a specific page, place that page information immediately after the title so readers see exactly where to look within the work. Finally, add the publication year in parentheses to ground the citation in time. The note “(if separate)” covers cases where the authoring body and the publisher are listed separately; in those situations you keep the same order but adjust for the separate publisher information, while preserving the sequence: authoring body, title, pinpoint page, year. This order aligns with how government documents are usually cited in Bluebook style, ensuring the responsible entity, the exact work, and the precise location are clear, followed by the year of publication.