ERPN Enterprise Resource Planning Newsletter, February 2001, Vol.1, no.1

Newsletter for Information Technology Department

ERPN, Enterprise Resource Planning Newsletter, March 2001, Vol.1, no.2

Newsletter for Information Technology Department

ERPN, Enterprise Resource Planning Newsletter, April 2001, Vol.1, no.3

Newsletter for Information Technology Department

ERPN, Enterprise Resource Planning Newsletter, July/August 2001, Vol.1, no.5

Newsletter for Information Tehcnology Department

ERPN, Enterprise Resource Planning Newsletter, May/June 2001, Vol.1, no.4

Newsletter for Information Technology Department

Department of Administrative Services, Information Technology Enterprise, A Review of Selected Service Contracts, April 1, 1998 - June 30, 2003

Other Audit Reports - Special Report

A Review of the State's Leased Space and the Leasing Process, General Services Enterprise of the Department of Administrative Services, July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2003

Other Audit Reports - State Leasing

Enterprise Zone Program Report, 2007

This report on the Iowa Enterprise Zone Program was prepared by the Iowa Department of Economic Development in accordance with 2006 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2183, Section 9.

State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services Human Resource Enterprise: Review of State Hiring Practices, April 30, 2007

The State of Iowa and the Hiring Practices Working Group commissioned this review of the State’s hiring practices in response to recent concerns about these practices involving racial discrimination claims against the Departments of Human Services, Transportation, and Iowa Workforce Development. The State of Iowa should be commended for undertaking this review. The State has a longstanding Affirmative Action Program and commitment to diversity – they instituted their Affirmative Action Program in 1973, and continue their commitment to its success by making the changes necessary to ensure the program is viable and sustainable. Iowa Department of Administrative Services In July 2003, the State created the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) as a way to manage and coordinate the major resources of state government. DAS provides human resource services through an entrepreneurial management model. Entrepreneurial management is a customer-focused approach to delivering services. The customer departments have input about what services and products they want from DAS and in turn DAS is funded by the customer departments through purchases of DAS services and products. DAS looks to offer new and additional services (for example recruitment support and coordination) to various customers on a fee-for-service basis. A customer council is charged with approving the DAS business plan, establishing the rate for services, and reviewing service delivery and complaints. Under this entrepreneurial model, human resource services are provided by DAS-HRE (Human Resources Enterprise) central staff, 12 DAS-HRE Personnel Officers located at the customer departments, and customer agency staff. The majority of the recruitment and hiring functions are done by the customer (hiring) departments and their staff. Applications for employment are submitted using the BrassRing system with applicants being qualified by DAS-HRE employees. Since the creation of Human Resources Enterprise, DAS-HRE has strived to provide human resource tools to the departments. The Screening Manual and the Supervisor’s Manual are just two examples of the resources created for the hiring departments. They also provide Supervisor Training for newly appointed supervisors. Larger departments have dedicated staff assigned to human resource activities. The staff at the departmental level may or may not have a human resources background. Iowa Population and Workforce The 2000 U.S. Census indicated that Iowa’s population was 2,926,324. According to this census, 92.6 percent of Iowa’s population identified their race as white (alone). The nonwhite alone or minority population (including Black or African American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, two or more races, or some other race) was 7.4 percent.

Report on the IowaCare program administered by the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, a division of the Department of Human Services (DHS-IME), for the period July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2009

Report on the IowaCare program administered by the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, a division of the Department of Human Services (DHS-IME), for the period July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2009

Report on the IowaCare program administered by the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, a division of the Department of Human Services, for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012

Report on the IowaCare program administered by the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, a division of the Department of Human Services, for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012

Report on a review of the Central Procurement Enterprise (CPE) of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services for the period July 1, 2009 through March 31, 2013

Report on a review of the Central Procurement Enterprise (CPE) of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services for the period July 1, 2009 through March 31, 2013

Wireless Sensor Networks for Infrastructure Monitoring, TR-611, 2010

A good system of preventive bridge maintenance enhances the ability of engineers to manage and monitor bridge conditions, and take proper action at the right time. Traditionally infrastructure inspection is performed via infrequent periodical visual inspection in the field. Wireless sensor technology provides an alternative cost-effective approach for constant monitoring of infrastructures. Scientific data-acquisition systems make reliable structural measurements, even in inaccessible and harsh environments by using wireless sensors. With advances in sensor technology and availability of low cost integrated circuits, a wireless monitoring sensor network has been considered to be the new generation technology for structural health monitoring. The main goal of this project was to implement a wireless sensor network for monitoring the behavior and integrity of highway bridges. At the core of the system is a low-cost, low power wireless strain sensor node whose hardware design is optimized for structural monitoring applications. The key components of the systems are the control unit, sensors, software and communication capability. The extensive information developed for each of these areas has been used to design the system. The performance and reliability of the proposed wireless monitoring system is validated on a 34 feet span composite beam in slab bridge in Black Hawk County, Iowa. The micro strain data is successfully extracted from output-only response collected by the wireless monitoring system. The energy efficiency of the system was investigated to estimate the battery lifetime of the wireless sensor nodes. This report also documents system design, the method used for data acquisition, and system validation and field testing. Recommendations on further implementation of wireless sensor networks for long term monitoring are provided.

Iowa Department of Administrative Services Central Procurement Enterprise (CPE) Policy and Procedures Manual, December 2013

Report on a review of the Central Procurement Enterprise (CPE) of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services for the period July 1, 2009 through March 31, 2013

Endeavors Update, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, April 2013

The Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) is an endeavor, started in 2005, to unite State staff with “best of breed” contractors into a performance-based model for administration of the Medicaid program.