Executive Order Number Fifty Six, December 18, 1995

Replaces and rescinds Executive Order #37.

Executive Order Number Sixty Six, May 20, 1988

Establish the Iowa Geographic Information Council.

Audit report on Saylor Township, located in Polk County, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2006 and the six months ended December 31, 2006

Audit report on Saylor Township, located in Polk County, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2006 and the six months ended December 31, 2006

Agreed upon procedures report for evaluating compliance with provisions of IowaCare (Project No 11-W-00189/7) within the Iowa Department of Human Services for the year ended June 30, 2006

Agreed upon procedures report for evaluating compliance with provisions of IowaCare (Project No 11-W-00189/7) within the Iowa Department of Human Services for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2006

Executive Order Number Six, February 21, 2008

Establishes a Green Government Initiative for the State of Iowa.

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2007

Compilation report on the City of Sabula, Iowa, for the six months ended December 31, 2008 and the year ended June 30, 2008

Compilation report on the City of Sabula, Iowa, for the six months ended December 31, 2008 and the year ended June 30, 2008

Report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2008

Report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2008

Report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2009

Report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2009

Evaluating Direct and Indirect Economic Outcomes of the 2008 Iowa Weather‐Related Disasters

This research seeks to fill some of the gaps in understanding the local, regional, and statewide economic consequences of the disasters of 2008. This report evaluates sets of population, unemployment, employment, business firms, and trade patterns over time in an attempt to discern the household consumption and business productivity disruptions caused by the weather disasters of 2008.

Executive Order Number Twenty-Six, October 14, 2010

Iowa Efficiency Review Report identified 90 recommendations for improving the cost effectiveness and efficiency of delivering state government services.

Audit report on Delaware Township, located in Polk County, Iowa, for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and for the years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009

Audit report on Delaware Township, located in Polk County, Iowa, for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and for the years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009

Report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2010

Evaluation of Bridge Replacement Alternatives for the County Bridge System, HR-365 August 1994

Recent reports have indicated that 23.5 percent of the nation's highway bridges are structurally deficient and 17.7 percent are functionally obsolete. A significant number of these bridges are on the Iowa county road system. The objective of the investigation described in this report was to identify, review and evaluate replacement bridges currently being used by various counties in Iowa and surrounding states. Iowa county engineers, county engineers in neighboring states as well as private manufacturers of bridge components, and regional precad prestressed concrete manufacturers were contacted to determine the most common replacement bridge types being used. Depending upon the findings of the review, possible improvements and/or new replacement bridge systems were to be proposed. A questionnaire was developed and sent to county engineers in Iowa and several counties in surrounding states. The results of the questionnaire showed that the most common replacement bridges in Iowa are the continuous concrete slab and prestressed concrete bridges. The primary reason these types are used is because of the availability of standard designs and because of their ease of maintenance. Counties seldom construct these types of bridges using their own labor forces, but instead contract the work. However, county forces are used to construct steel stringer, precast reinforced concrete and timber bridges. In general, 69 percent of the counties indicate an ability and willingness to use their own forces to design and construct relatively short span bridges (i.e., 40 A or less) provided the construction procedures are relatively simple. Several unique replacement bridge types used in Iowa that are constructed by county forces are documented and presented in this report. Sufficient details are provided to allow county engineers to determine if some of these bridges could be used to resolve some of their own replacement bridge problems. Where possible, cost information has also been provided. Each of these bridge types were evaluated for various criteria (e.g., cost effectiveness, conformance to AASI-ITO standards, range of sizes, etc.) by a panel of four Iowa county engineers; a summary of this critique is included. After evaluating the questionnaire responses from the counties and evaluating the various bridge replacement concepts currently in use, one new bridge replacement concept and one modification of a current Iowa county bridge replacement concept were developed. Both of these concepts would utilize county labor forces.