MVD Quarterly Report on Building Project quarter ending March 31, 2007

Pursuant to Section 1 of House File 466 of the 81st General Assembly, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is required to make quarterly reports to the Legislative Council regarding the progress of the building project for the Motor Vehicle Division and to inform the General Assembly of any significant delays or unanticipated expenditures. During the quarter ending March 31, 2007, the project progressed as planned. The project is on schedule and no unanticipated expenditures have been made.

Department of Transportation Performance Plan, Iowa Department of Transportation, 2007

Performance plan for Iowa Department of Transportation.

Competency Guide, 2006

On the Human Resource Management Roadmap (see page 7 of the State of Iowa Workforce Planning Guide, February 2006) there is a bar that crosses all four phases of human resource management. That section indicates that competencies are an integral part of the entire employment cycle. Competencies describe job requirements, which means they lay out the expectations for the job incumbent as well as the supervisor as they relate to planning for the job, recruiting and filling the job, developing the incumbent’s skills, assessing the incumbent’s performance, and finally, determining how those same competencies relate, if at all, to refilling the position when it becomes vacant in the future.

FY 07 Recycled Content Plastic Bag and Soy Inks Report

As required in Iowa Code section 307.21, this is a summary of purchasing activity for soy-based inks and recycled content trash bags. The figures are for fiscal year 2007.

Iowa Capital Complex Master Plan, April 19, 2000

This document provides design and stratagies for the capital complex. Also for future physical development of the complex.

Iowa Capital Complex Master Plan, January 7, 2010

This document provides design and strategies for the capital complex. Also for future physical development of the complex.

Proceedings at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Capitol Building at Des Moines, Iowa, November 23, 1871.

An act to provide the State of Iowa with a new state capitol building was enacted on April 14, 1870 and then on Thursday, the 23d day of November, 1871, the corner stone of the new capitol building, at the city of Des Moines, was laid with appropriate ceremonies

Highway Program Summary, 2012 to 2016

The Iowa Transportation Commission (Commission) and the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) develop Iowa’s Five Year Highway Program to inform Iowans of planned investments in our state’s primary highway system. This brochure summarizes the 2012-2016 Iowa Highway Program (Program) and provides information about long-term highway programming issues, through the year 2020. The Program is typically updated and approved each year in June.

Biennial report of the Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown, Iowa,1889

This is the 1889 Biennial report of the Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown, Iowa to the General Assembly of Iowa. It provides information on the services that the home provides to veterans and how the facility is maintained. It also contains a treasurer's report.

The Glass Floor.

A photographic and video record of the project to recreate and reconstruct the glass floor for the opening between the ground and first floors in the rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol. The original glass floor was removed in the early 20th century, but the decision was made to put a new one in to help improve the acoustics and air flow in the building.

Capitol interior.

Audio files collected and compiled from the Iowa State Capitol grounds, monuments and memorials and building interior audio and video tour. The 18 areas featured and described correspond to stops on the Capitol visitor tours conducted by Legislative Services Agency guides

Issue review : Department of Administrative Services cost savings.

This issue review is an examination of cost-saving actions by the Department of Administrative Services, DAS, by outsourcing services. The Department has outsourced janitorial services for three buildings on the Capitol Complex and have restructured the way construction projects are managed, with the goal of producing cost savings.

Monuments and memorials.

This audio series describes the Monuments and Memorials on the exterior areas of the Capitol grounds. It Steve Person, Tour Guide, narrating. Craig Cronbaugh, Director of the Legislative Information Office, taped and edited these programs. These are the audio taken from the video for use on the OnCell program. OnCell is a tour that can be taken by computer, I-Pad, or smartphone either audio or video. The access number for the Legislative Services Agency OnCell system is: 515-802-3004.

Issue review : construction status and operating costs of new corrections beds.

This issue review provides information on the Department of Corrections construction and of proposed staffing for additional beds in the prison system and community-based corrections.