Iowa Power Fund Board Project Report Update, July 29, 2009

Climate refers to the long-term course or condition of weather, usually over a time scale of decades and longer. It has been documented that our global climate is changing (IPCC 2007, Copenhagen Diagnosis 2009), and Iowa is no exception. In Iowa, statistically significant changes in our precipitation, streamflow, nighttime minimum temperatures, winter average temperatures, and dewpoint humidity readings have occurred during the past few decades. Iowans are already living with warmer winters, longer growing seasons, warmer nights, higher dew-point temperatures, increased humidity, greater annual streamflows, and more frequent severe precipitation events (Fig. 1-1) than were prevalent during the past 50 years. Some of the impacts of these changes could be construed as positive, and some are negative, particularly the tendency for greater precipitation events and flooding. In the near-term, we may expect these trends to continue as long as climate change is prolonged and exacerbated by increasing greenhouse gas emissions globally from the use of fossil fuels and fertilizers, the clearing of land, and agricultural and industrial emissions. This report documents the impacts of changing climate on Iowa during the past 50 years. It seeks to answer the question, “What are the impacts of climate change in Iowa that have been observed already?” And, “What are the effects on public health, our flora and fauna, agriculture, and the general economy of Iowa?”

Audit report on the South Central Iowa Regional E-911 Service Board for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the South Central Iowa Regional E-911 Service Board for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Iowa Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on the Iowa Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board for the year ended June 30, 2011

Report of Recommendations to the Board of Regents for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report on the Board of Regents for the year ended June 30, 2012

Evaluation of In-Use Fuel Economy and On-Board Emissions for Hybrid and Regular CyRide Transit Buses, October 2012

The objective of this project was to evaluate the in-use fuel economy and emission differences between hybrid-electric and conventional transit buses for the Ames, Iowa transit authority, CyRide. These CyRide buses were deployed in the fall of 2010. Fuel economy was compared for the hybrid and control buses. Several older bus types were also available and were included in the analysis. Hybrid buses had the highest fuel economy for all time periods for all bus types. Hybrid buses had a fuel economy that was 11.8 percent higher than control buses overall, 12.2 percent higher than buses with model years 2007 and newer, 23.4 percent higher than model years 2004 through 2006, 10.2 percent higher than model years 1998 through 2003, 38.1 percent higher than model years 1994 through 1997, 36.8 percent higher than model years 1991 through 1993, and 36.8 percent higher for model years pre-1991. On-road emissions were also compared for three of the hybrid buses and two control buses using a portable emissions monitor. On-average, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hybrid carbon emissions were much higher for the control buses than for the hybrid buses. However, on average nitrogen oxide emissions were higher for the hybrid buses.

Report of Recommendations to the Iowa Board of Parole for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report of the Iowa Board of Parole for the year ended June 30, 2012

Iowa Utilities Board Performance Plan, FY 2014

Agency Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 2014.

Audit report on the AIM - Jefferson, Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area Board, d/b/a Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the AIM - Jefferson, Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area Board, d/b/a Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report of recommendations to the Public Employment Relations Board for the year ending, June 30, 2012

Audit report of the Public Employment Relations Board for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report on recommendations to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board for the year ended June 30, 2012

2012 Annual Report of the Iowa Utilities Board

The IUB Annual Report contains summaries for IUB dockets that were active during the calendar year as well as IUB background information, IUB work section highlights, descriptions of IUB court cases and participation in federal proceedings, listings of IUB assessments to jurisdictional utilities, and the IUB fiscal year budget.

Report of recommendations to the Public Employment Relations Board for the year ending June 30, 2005

Report of recommendations to the Public Employment Relations Board for the year ending June 30, 2005

Iowa Board of Nursing Annual Report, July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013

The annual report of the Iowa Board of Nursing includes information on legislation, administrative rules, nursing education, nursing practice, continuing education, licensing, enforcement, administration, financial report, statistics and general nursing demographics.

Iowa Board of Nursing Annual Report, July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013

The annual report of the Iowa Board of Nursing includes information on legislation, administrative rules, nursing education, nursing practice, continuing education, licensing, enforcement, administration, financial report, statistics and general nursing demographics.