Governor Culver’s 2008 Condition of the State Address, January 15, 2008

Speech by Governor Culver.

Governor Culver’s 2009 Condition of the State Address, January 13, 2009

Speech by Governor Culver.

Governor Culver’s 2010 Condition of the State Address, January 12, 2010

Speech by Governor Culver.

Iowa Department of Transportation Office of Contract Letting Summary FY 2010

Twelve regularly scheduled lettings and two emergency/special lettings were held by the Iowa Department of Transportation for construction and maintenance work during the period covered by this report. At these lettings, projects totaling $625,486,614 were approved.

Iowa Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 2010 Report of Savings by Using Video Conferencing Through Iowa Communications Network to the Iowa General Assembly Pursuant to Iowa Code § II 84 Acts and Joint Resolutions Enacted at the 1994 Regular Session of the 75th General Assembly of the State of Iowa

Introduction and summary Iowa Code § 8D.10 requires certain state agencies to prepare an annual report to the General Assembly certifying the identified savings associated with that state agency’s use of the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). This report covers estimated cost savings related to video conferencing via ICN for the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT). In FY 2010, the DOT did not conduct any sessions utilizing ICN’s video conferencing system. Therefore, no cost savings were calculated for this report.

Iowa Code Section 307.47 Equipment and Vehicle Report

Attached is the Iowa Department of Transportation's Equipment and Vehicle Purchase Report for Fiscal Year 2010 as required by Iowa Code section 307.47.

S.F. 376 - Report on Status of Projects - Bridge Safety Fund

Pursuant to section 34, subsection 1 of S.R. 376 passed by the 2010 session of the 83rd Iowa General Assembly, please find attached the report on the status of all bridge projects, completed or in progress, that were funded with the Bridge Safety Fund established by S.F. 376.

Governor Culver’s 2011 Condition of the State Address, January 11, 2011

Speech by Governor Culver.

Audit report on the North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services Commission for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services Commission for the year ended June 30, 2010

Reaudit report on Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

Reaudit report on Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

Annual Report of the Iowa Highway Research Board Research and Development Activities FY 2010

The Highway Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) engages in research and development for two reasons: first, to find workable solutions to the many problems that require more than ordinary, routine investigation; and second, to identify and implement improved engineering and management practices. This report, entitled ―Iowa Highway Research Board Research and Development Activities FY2009‖ is submitted in compliance with Sections 310.36 and 312.3A, Code of Iowa, which direct the submission of a report of the Secondary Road Research Fund and the Street Research Fund, respectively.

Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the Westory Fire Agency for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the Westory Fire Agency for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the Iowa County Treasurers Egovernment Alliance for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the Iowa County Treasurers Egovernment Alliance for the year ended June 30, 2010

Effects of differential taxation on factor accumulation and growth

In this paper we try to analyze the role of fiscal policy in fostering a higher participation of the different production factors in the human capital production sector in the long-run. Introducing a tax on physical capital and differentiating both a tax on raw labor wage and a tax on skills or human capital we also attempt to present a way to influence inequality as measured by the skill premium, thus trying to relate the increase in human capital with the decrease in income inequality. We will do that in the context of a non-scale growth model.The model here is capable to alter the shares of private factors devoted to each of the two production sectors, final output and human capital, and affect inequality in a different way according to the different tax changes. The simulation results derived in the paper show how a human capital (skills) tax cut, which could be interpreted as a reduction in progressivity, ends up increasing both the shares of labor and physical capital devoted to the production of knowledge and decreasing inequality. Moreover, a raw labor wage tax decrease, which could also be interpreted as an increase in the progressivity of the system, increases the share of labor devoted to the production of final output and increases inequality. Finally, a physical capital tax decrease reduces the share of physical capital devoted to the production of knowledge and allows for a lower inequality value. Nevertheless, none of the various types of taxes ends up changing the share of human capital in the knowledge production, which will deserve our future attention