Executive Order Number Sixty One, 1997

Assigns responsibility to coordinate disparate information technology and to provide enterprise-wide information technology services to the exectutive branch agencies to the Information Technology Services (ITS) director appointed by the Governor.

Executive Order Number Fifty-One, December 8, 2006

Executive order signed by Governor Thomas Vilsck

Executive Order Number One, January 27, 2007

Orders that the United States Flag be flown at half-staff to honor any member of Iowa National Guard, Iowa Air National Guard or an Iowa resident serving as a member of the United States Armed Forces who is killed in the line of duty.

Muchakinock Creek: Improving Water Quality for the Future, 2005

History has taken its toll on Muchakinock Creek. A number of problems over the years have led to the stream’s current state, one that’s landed it on Iowa’s list of impaired waters. However, the stream is also full of opportunity. The opportunity to improve water quality not only for the aquatic life and wildlife that live there, but also to pass along clean water to future generations of Iowans. But to act on this opportunity, we need your help.

Year One Accomplishments, 2002

Part of Iowa's Water Ambient monitoring Program, produced by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

One Iowa Report, June/July 2007

This bi-monthly newsletter will keep Iowans informed of the important issues and events that are taking place both here in the Capitol and around the state.

One Iowa Report, April/May 2007

This bi-monthly newsletter will keep Iowans informed of the important issues and events that are taking place both here in the Capitol and around the state.

One Iowa Report, November/October 2007

This bi-monthly newsletter will keep Iowans informed of the important issues and events that are taking place both here in the Capitol and around the state.

One Iowa Report, September/October 2007

This bi-monthly newsletter will keep Iowans informed of the important issues and events that are taking place both here in the Capitol and around the state.

RAGBRAI Learn about the Land; Day 5, July 2008

Today, after you descend into the valley of the Iowa River north of Marengo, the route turns east on county road F15 and approaches the historic Amana Society. Settled in the late 1850s by German immigrants of the Community of True Inspiration, the new arrivals utilized the local timber and stone resources to construct their buildings. During these early years several stone quarries were opened in the hills along the north wall of the Iowa River valley near East, Middle, and West Amana. Riders will pass close to one of these old quarries 0.7 miles west of West Amana. The stone taken from these quarries is beautiful quartz-rich sandstone that is cemented by light brown to orange tinged iron oxide. This stone was used in the construction of many buildings in Amana.

Iowa Leading Indicators Index after One Year: An Assessment and Update

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) Annual Assessment and Update assesses how well the ILII has met the goals behind its development, gauges the validity of the existing components, considers additional components that have been suggested along the way, and carries out the annual updates necessary for such an index.

Executive Order Number Twenty-One, February 1, 2010

Orders that the Executive Director of the Iowa Finance Authority, shall serve as the Governor’s designee related to the issuance of Qualified Midwestern Disaster Area Bonds.

Executive Order Number Seventy One, March, 2011

The act new policies that encourage a job-friendly environment can take Iowa a significant way forward in our effort to compete for new jobs, much of that work can be undone by a bureaucracy that fails to understand the critical relationship between burdensome regulation and job creation

One hundred topics in Iowa history, 1914.

Dr. Dan Elbert Clark compiled and Benjamin F. Shambaugh edited this edition of a list of Iowa history topics, which originally was suggested by Miss Alice Tyler, Secretary of the Iowa Library Commission in 1907. It is also called Bulletin of Information Series, no. 7 published by the State Historical Society of Iowa. The subjects presented will give the reader a general knowledge of the more important facts and phases of Iowa's commonwealth history. Also included in this document are lists of authors of the articles sited, suggested courses of study or reading in Iowa history, the Governor's of Iowa, United State Senators from Iowa and a list of some of the important dates in early Iowa history.

One Unshakable Vision: World Class Schools for Iowa, October 3, 2011

Iowans have long shared a deep commitment to giving our children the best education possible. We recognize young people today must meet higher expectations than ever to thrive in this global, knowledge-based economy. For the sake of our children and our state, it is vitally important that we build on our tradition of excellence to improve our schools. Iowa’s house of education still has a strong foundation, but it is also in need of a major remodel to be ready for the days ahead.