Report of Recommendations to the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, June 30, 2002

State Agency Audit Report

Report of Recommendations to the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, June 30, 2003

State Agency Audit Report

Report of Recommendations to the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, June 30, 2004

State Audit Reports

Italy's Path to Very Low Fertility : The Adequacy of Economic and Second Demographic Transition Theories

The deep drop of the fertility rate in Italy to among the lowest in the world challenges contemporary theories of childbearing and family building. Among high-income countries, Italy was presumed to have characteristics of family values and female labor force participation that would favor higher fertility than its European neighbors to the north. We test competing economic and cultural explanations, drawing on new nationally representative, longitudinal data to examine first union, first birth, and second birth. Our event history analysis finds some support for economic determinants of family formation and fertility, but the clear importance of regional differences and of secularization suggests that such an explanation is at best incomplete and that cultural and ideational factors must be considered.

Report of Recommendations to the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, June 30, 2005

State Audit Reports

Study of adaptation and validation of the Practice environment scale of the nursing work index for the portuguese reality

Objective: Testing the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. Method: A descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study, for the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the psychometric properties of the scale. The study participants were 236 nurses from two hospitals in the regions of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo. Results: The 0.92 Cronbach’s alpha was obtained for overall reliability and support of a five-dimension structure. Conclusion: The excellent quality of adjustment of analysis confirms the validity of the adapted version to hospital care settings, although there was no total coincidence of items in the five dimensions


Audit report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2006

Report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2007

Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Strategic Plan 2008-2011, 2008

This report outlines the strategic plan for Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, goals and mission.

Department of Cultural Affairs, FY 2007

These Facts sheets have been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/departments on a single sheet of paper. The Facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave & benefits information, and affirmative action data. This is the most recent update of information for the fiscal year 2007.

Department of Cultural Affairs, FY 2008

These Facts sheets have been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/departments on a single sheet of paper. The Facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave & benefits information, and affirmative action data. This is the most recent update of information for the fiscal year 2007.

Report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2009

Report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2009

Fragments of the Debates of the Iowa Constitutional Conventions of 1844 and 1846, 1900.

This publication contains fragments of the debates of the Iowa Constitutional Conventions of 1844 and 1846 as preserved in several Iowa newspapers; The Iowa Standard, The Capital Reporter and The Bloomington Herald. These fragments include parts of the debates, press comments and other related materials.

Report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2010

Clear Zone – A Synthesis of Practice and an Evaluation of the Benefi ts of Meeting the 10-ft Clear Zone Goal on Urban Streets, November 2008

In urban communities, there are often limited amounts of right-of-way available for establishing a large setback distance from the curb for fixed objects. Urban communities must constantly weigh the cost of purchasing additional right-of-way for clear zones against the risk of fixed object crashes. From 2004 to 2006, this type of crash on curbed roads represented 15% of all fatal crashes and 3% of all crashes in the state of Iowa. Many states have kept the current minimum AASHTO recommendations as their minimum clear zone standards; however, other states have decided that these recommendations are insufficient and have increased the required minimum clear zone distance to better suit the judgment of local designers. This report presents research on the effects of the clear zone on urban curbed streets. The research was conducted in two phases. The first phase involved a synthesis of practice that included a literature review and a survey of practices in jurisdictions that have developmental and historical patterns similar to those of Iowa. The second phase involved investigating the benefits of a 10 ft clear zone, which included examining urban corridors in Iowa that meet or do not meet the 10 ft clear zone goal. The results of this study indicate that a consistent fixed object offset results in a reduction in the number of fixed object crashes, a 5 ft clear zone is most effective when the goal is to minimize the number of fixed object c ashes, and a 3 ft clear zone is most effective when the goal is to minimize the cost of fixed object crashes.