Consumer Advisory Bulletin; Beware of “Debt Settlement” Companies, June 2010

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Beware of “Debt Settlement” Companies

Consumer Advisory Bulletin; Beware of “Free Trial Offers”, July 2010

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Beware of “Free Trial Offers”

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Credit Card Offers: What You Need to Know, August 2010

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Credit Card Offers: What You Need to Know

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Wire Fraud Targets Your Mind & Your Money!, September 2010

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Wire Fraud Targets Your Mind & Your Money

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Donor Beware!, November 2010

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Donor Beware!

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Holiday Shopping? Tips to Make it Merrier, December 2010

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Holiday Shopping? Tips to Make it Merrier

IPI Newsletter, October 2006

A quarterly newsletter produced by Iowa Prison Industries

IPI Newsletter, October 2007

A quarterly newsletter produced by Iowa Prison Industries

IPI Newsletter, October 2011

A quarterly newsletter produced by Iowa Prison Industries

Highway Safety News, 2009, Vol. 3, no. 2

An Informational Newsletter for Iowa Peace Officers produced by Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.

Iowa Biodiesel and Ethanol Processing Plants, January 2010

Maps of Iowa's Biodiesel and Ethanol Processing Plants.

List of Bid Proposal Holders, January 16, 2013

List of Bid Proposal Holders

Organization of the Iowa General Assembly, July 16, 2013

Organization of the Iowa General Assembly

Pile Design and Tests for Integral Abutment Bridges, HR-273, 1987

Expansion joints increase both the initial cost and the maintenance cost of bridges. Integral abutment bridges provide an attractive design alternative because expansion joints are eliminated from the bridge itself. However, the piles in these bridges are subjected to horizontal movement as the bridge expands and contracts during temperature changes. The objective of this research was to develop a method of designing piles for these conditions. Separate field tests simulating a pile and a bridge girder were conducted for three loading cases: (1) vertical load only, (2) horizontal displacement of pile head only, and (3) combined horizontal displacement of pile head with subsequent vertical load. Both tests (1) and (3) reached the same ultimate vertical load, that is, the horizontal displacement had no effect on the vertical load capacity. Several model tests were conducted in sand with a scale factor of about 1:10. Experimental results from both the field and model tests were used to develop the vertical and horizontal load-displacement properties of the soil. These properties were input into the finite element computer program Integral Abutment Bridge Two-Dimensional (IAB2D), which was developed under a previous research contract. Experimental and analytical results compared well for the test cases. Two alternative design methods, both based upon the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Specification, were developed. Alternative One is quite conservative relative to IAB2D results and does not permit plastic redistribution of forces. Alternative Two is also conservative when compared to IAB2D, but plastic redistribution is permitted. To use Alternative Two, the pile cross section must have sufficient inelastic rotation capacity before local buckling occurs. A design example for a friction pile and an end-bearing pile illustrates both alternatives.

Water Summary Update, October 31, 2013, No. 28

A snapshot of water resource trends prepared by the Iowa DNR in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the U.S. Geological Survey, and The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department.