Iowa Lottery Action, June 5-18, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 11

Iowa Lottery newsletter for Lottery retailers.

Iowa Lottery Action, June 19-July 9, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 12

Iowa Lottery newsletter for Lottery retailers.

Strategic Delegations in Monetary Unions

In monetary unions, monetary policy is typically made by delegates of the member countries. This procedure raises the possibility of strategic delegation - that countries may choose the types of delegates to influence outcomes in their favor. We show that without commitment in monetary policy, strategic delegation arises if and only if three conditions are met: shocks affecting individual countries are not perfectly correlated, risk-sharing across countries is imperfect, and the Phillips Curve is nonlinear. Moreover, inflation rates are inefficiently high. We argue that ways of solving the commitment problem, including the emphasis on price stability in the agreements constituting the European Union are especially valuable when strategic delegation is a problem.

The Strategic Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Nursing on the Managerial Function of Supervision

Clinical practice guidelines in nursing (CPG-N) are tools that allow the necessary knowledge that frequently remains specialist-internalised to be made explicit. These tools are a complement to risk adjustment systems (RAS), reinforcing their effectiveness and permitting a rationalisation of healthcare costs. This theoretical study defends the importance of building and using CPG-Ns as instruments to support the figure of the nursing supervisor in order to optimise the implementation of R&D and hospital quality strategies, enabling clinical excellence in nursing processes and cost-efficient reallocation of economic resources through their linear integration with SARs.

Lottery Action Newsletter, July 10-23, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 13

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Lottery Action Newsletter, July 24-Aug. 8, 2006, Vol 13, no. 14

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Lottery Action Newsletter, Aug. 7-10, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 15

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Lottery Action Newsletter, Aug. 21-Sept. 10, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 16

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Lottery Action Newsletter, September 9-24, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 17

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Lottery Action Newsletter, September 25-October 8, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 18

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Lottery Action Newsletter, October 9-22, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 19

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Lottery Action Newsletter, October 23-November 12, 2006, Vol. 13, no. 20

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Strategic Plan for Improved Concrete Pavement Surface Characteristics, July 2006

Surface characteristics represent a critical issue facing pavement owners and the concrete paving industry. The traveling public has come to expect smoother, quieter, and better drained pavements, all without compromising safety. The overall surface characteristics issues is extremely complex since all pavement surface characteristics properties, including texture, noise, friction, splash/spray, rolling resistance, reflectivity/illuminance, and smoothness, are complexly related. The following needs and gaps related to achieving desired pavement surface characteristics need to be addressed: determined how changes in one surface characteristic affect, either beneficially or detrimentally, other characteristics of the pavement, determine the long-term surface and acoustic durability of different textures, and develop, evaluate, and standardize new data collection and analysis tools. It is clear that an overall strategic and coordinated research approach to the problem must be developed and pursued to address these needs and gaps.

Technology Governance Board Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2006

The Technology Governance Board (TGB), established pursuant to Iowa Code Section 8A.204, developed and published this strategic information technology plan in December 2006. This plan contains the TGB's vision, mission, goals, and strategies that will lead the executive branch to an information technology infrastructure and policies that will enhance and unify the technology infrastructure to support business operations for electronic government, consistent with the vision of providing sustained support for “extraordinary customer service”.