The Traveler, July 2006

News from the Iowa Tourism Office

Executive Order Number Forty-Six, January 2006

Excecutive order signed by Governor Thomas Vilsck. Ensures Iowa's kids have a quality early childhood experience by giving child care workers the opportunity to organize. Directs the Department of Human Services to meet with authorized representatives of unregistered Child Care providers (and others not covered by Executive Order 45 )in the State of Iowa.

Executive Order Number Forty-Five, January 2006

Excecutive order signed by Governor Thomas Vilsck. Ensures Iowa's kids have a quality early childhood experience by giving child care workers the opportunity to organize. Directs the Department of Human Services to meet with authorized representatives of Registered Child Care providers in the State of Iowa.

Executive Order Number Forty-Seven, February 2006

Creates the Keep Iowa Clean and Beautiful Task Force to assess conditions and activities of litter control in Iowa.

Executive Order Number Forty-Eight, June 2006

Ordered the Institute for Tomorrow’s Workforce to propose a design for a pay-for-performance program and conduct a study of the design.

Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities for the Week Ending, June 30, 2006

Record of the Fatalities for Motor Vehicle Accidents in Iowa per week.

EPI Update, June 30, 2006

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

EPI Update, July 7, 2006

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

Iowa Health Focus, June 2006

Monthly newsletter for the Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, July 2006

Monthly newsletter for the Iowa Department of Public Health

Concepts and Rationale for Regional Nitrogen Rate Guidelines for Corn, April 2006

Nitrogen (N) is typically one of the largest corn fertilization expenses. Nitrogen application is critical because it signifi cantly improves corn yield in many crop rotations. When choosing N rates, producers need to carefully consider both achieving most profi table economic return and advancing environmental stewardship. In 2004, university agronomists from the Corn Belt states began discussions regarding N rate use for corn production. The reasons for the discussions centered on apparent differences in methods for determining N rates across states, misperceptions regarding N rate guidelines, and concerns about application rates as corn yields have climbed to historic levels. An outcome of those discussions was an effort with the objectives to: ▪ develop N rate guidelines that could be applicable on a regional basis and ▪ identify the most profi table fertilizer N rates for corn production across the Corn Belt. This publication provides an overview of corn N fertilization in regard to rate of application, investigates concepts for determining economic application rates, and describes a suggested regional approach for developing corn N rate guidelines directly from recent research data.

Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities for the Week Ending, July 14, 2006

Record of the Fatalities for Motor Vehicle Accidents in Iowa per week.

EPI Update, July 14, 2006

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

State Library Update, July 2006

Quarterly State Library Update for patrons.

ABD e-News, June 23, 2006

Weekly Newsletter