Audit report on Jasper County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Jasper County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities for the Week Ending, February 16, 2007

Record of the Fatalities for Motor Vehicle Accidents in Iowa per week.

EPI Update, February 16, 2007

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

ABD e-News, February 16, 2007

Weekly Newsletter

The Fox River Needs Your Help, 2007

The Fox River is on Iowa’s impaired waters list. By working to reduce pollution in the watershed, we can make the Fox River healthy again.

A success story: The rebirth of Iowa’s trout streams, 2007

Practically since settlement of the state, Iowa trout streams had to be stocked to maintain a trout population. But improvements in water quality are leading to healthier, self-sustaining trout populations - and local communities are reaping the benefits.

Girl Connection, February, 2007

A monthly newsletter for Iowa Commission on the Status of Women

Get a GRIP: Should Area Revenue Coverage Be Offered through the Farm Bill or as a Crop Insurance Program? 2007

The successful expansion of the U.S. crop insurance program has not eliminated ad hoc disaster assistance. An alternative currently being explored by members of Congress and others in preparation of the 2007 farm bill is to simply remove the “ad hoc” part of disaster assistance programs by creating a standing program that would automatically funnel aid to hard-hit regions and crops. One form such a program could take can be found in the area yield and area revenue insurance programs currently offered by the U.S. crop insurance program. The Group Risk Plan (GRP) and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) programs automatically trigger payments when county yields or revenues, respectively, fall below a producer-elected coverage level. The per-acre taxpayer costs of offering GRIP in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for corn and soybeans through the crop insurance program are estimated. These results are used to determine the amount of area revenue coverage that could be offered to farmers as part of a standing farm bill disaster program. Approximately 55% of taxpayer support for GRIP flows to the crop insurance industry. A significant portion of this support comes in the form of net underwriting gains. The expected rate of return on money put at risk by private crop insurance companies under the current Standard Reinsurance Agreement is approximately 100%. Taking this industry support and adding in the taxpayer support for GRIP that flows to producers would fund a county target revenue program at the 93% coverage level.

The Recent International and Regulatory Decisions about Geographical Indications, 2007

As worldwide consumer demand for high-quality products and for information about these products increases, labels and geographical indications (GIs) can serve to signal quality traits to consumers. However, GI systems among countries are not homogeneous and can be used as trade barriers against competition. Philosophical differences between the European Union and the United States about how GIs should be registered and protected led to the formation of a WTO dispute settlement panel. In this paper we discuss the issues behind the dispute, the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel decision, and the EU response to the panel decision leading to the new Regulation 510/2006. Given the potential for GI labels to supply consumer information, context is provided for the discussion using recent literature on product labeling. Implications are drawn regarding the importance of the panel decision and the EU response relative to GI issues yet to be negotiated under the Doha Round.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, January, 2007, Vol.5, no.1

This is a quarterly newsletter for the Iowa Weatherization Program. The purpose of the newsletter is to share with you information on all aspects of the program as well as spotlight a couple of agencies in each issue. We will provide information on upcoming events, training schedules, monitoring schedules and general news about the program. There will be a section of questions we have received from you and the answers provided.

SMARTNews, Winter 2007

News from the Iowa Careers Consortium

Iowa Developments, February 2007, Vol. 16, no. 2

Business news from the Iowa Department of Economic Development

EPI Update, February 23, 2007

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

The Traveler, March 2007

News from the Iowa Tourism Office

Terceiro Sector Governabilidade e Balanced Scorecard

A presente dissertação descreve abordagens de governo de organizações do terceiro sector e apresenta um estudo de caso de aplicação do balanced scorecard como instrumento de gestão estratégica numa destas organizações em Cabo Verde. As fronteiras entre os sectores público, sector privado e o Terceiro Sector tendem a ficar fluidas tendo cada um assimilado as características dos outros, procurando respostas para as necessidades sociais. Assim, organizações do terceiro sector procuram por exemplo enfoque no cliente e na gestão financeira tal como as empresas, e estas procuram dar destaque na responsabilidade social tal como organizações sem fins lucrativos. As organizações do terceiro sector necessitam cada vez mais de métodos administrativos e profissionais para os desafios da economia global, nomeadamente na competição por recursos e simultâneamente no fortalecimento dos laços com as comunidades no cumprimento da sua missão. O governo de uma organização pressupõe um sistema de indicadores do desempenho para dar satisfação a diferentes stakeholders ou constituintes com interesses contraditórios. A dissertação responde a questões de adaptação dos conceitos e métodos de avaliação do desempenho empresarial em diferentes ópticas para organizações do terceiro sector com um estudo de caso de aplicação do Balanced Scorecard. Este instrumento de gestão conceptualizado e testado desde 1992 para empresas de negócios, equilibra as perspectivas financeira, clientes, de processos, e de apendizagem organizacional, permitindo de forma extracontabilistica equilibrar todas as vertentes de uma organização para além dos recursos financeiros, para economia da satisfação e das pessoas.