Fiscal Update, August 6, 2013

The Fiscal Division newsletter, published weekly during session and periodically during the interim.

Iowa Budget Book Fiscal Year 2010

Our FY 2010 General Fund budget is balanced, fiscally conservative, and does not raise sales or income taxes. We have already proposed and signed three balanced state budgets and have demonstrated the leadership to ensure that the current year (FY 2009) budget is balanced in the face of dramatic and quick declines in state revenues last year that occurred as a result of the national recession.

Comprehensive annual financial report of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2010

Comprehensive annual financial report of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2010

Fiscal Update, October 2, 2013

The Fiscal Division newsletter, published weekly during session and periodically during the interim.

Fiscal Update, November 4, 2013

The Fiscal Division newsletter, published weekly during session and periodically during the interim.

Human finger somatotopy in areas 3b, 1, and 2: A 7T fMRI study using a natural stimulus.

To study the properties of human primary somatosensory (S1) cortex as well as its role in cognitive and social processes, it is necessary to noninvasively localize the cortical representations of the body. Being arguably the most relevant body parts for tactile exploration, cortical representations of fingers are of particular interest. The aim of the present study was to investigate the cortical representation of individual fingers (D1-D5), using human touch as a stimulus. Utilizing the high BOLD sensitivity and spatial resolution at 7T, we found that each finger is represented within three subregions of S1 in the postcentral gyrus. Within each of these three areas, the fingers are sequentially organized (from D1 to D5) in a somatotopic manner. Therefore, these finger representations likely reflect distinct activations of BAs 3b, 1, and 2, similar to those described in electrophysiological work in non-human primates. Quantitative analysis of the local BOLD responses revealed that within BA3b, each finger representation is specific to its own stimulation without any cross-finger responsiveness. This finger response selectivity was less prominent in BA 1 and in BA 2. A test-retest procedure highlighted the reproducibility of the results and the robustness of the method for BA 3b. Finally, the representation of the thumb was enlarged compared to the other fingers within BAs 1 and 2. These findings extend previous human electrophysiological and neuroimaging data but also reveal differences in the functional organization of S1 in human and nonhuman primates. Hum Brain Mapp 35:213-226, 2014. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Fiscal Year 2015 (Adjusted) State of Iowa Budget Report, 2014

Governor Terry E. Branstad's FY2015 budget report.

Fiscal Year 2015 (Adjusted) State of Iowa Program and Budget, 2014

Budget in Brief from the Governor's Office

Fiscal Update, January 28, 2014

The Fiscal Division newsletter, published weekly during session and periodically during the interim.

Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System An Annual Summary for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013, FY 2013

Report on the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) for the year ended June 30, 2013

Fiscal Update, February 12, 2014

Fiscal update is a report by the Legislative Services Agency stating information about what is going on with the fiscal issues in the state of Iowa.

Fiscal Update, February 24, 2014

The Fiscal Division newsletter, published weekly during session and periodically during the interim.