Iowa Efficiency Review Report to Governor Chet Culver and Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge, December 18,2009

Public Works is pleased to present the following Iowa Efficiency Review Report to Governor Chet Culver and Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge. This report is the product of a collaboration between our consulting team and very dedicated Iowa state employees who worked with us to share ideas and cost‐saving proposals under very difficult circumstances caused by the national financial crisis that is affecting state budgets throughout the country. For example, during the course of this review, Iowa departments were also asked to develop across‐the‐board cuts to achieve immediate reductions in state spending. It is a credit to Iowa state government that departmental staff continued to work on this Efficiency Review Report despite these challenges of also having to develop across‐the‐board budget cuts to achieve a balanced budget. We hope that these ideas will set the stage for further future budget improvements from achieving efficiencies, eliminating outdated practices, increasing the use of information technology solutions and finding new sources of non‐tax funding. The Efficiency Review Team faced a second challenge. Statewide Efficiency Reviews usually take from nine to 12 months to complete. In Iowa, we worked with dedicated department staff to complete our work in less than 4 months. The Governor challenged all of us to work intensely and to give him our best thinking on efficiency proposals so that he could act as quickly as possible to position state government for success over the next several years.

One Iowa Report, June/July 2007

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One Iowa Report, April/May 2007

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Iowa Budget Report, Building on our Progress: Protecting our Priorities, 2009

*********** Some files are large and will take time to load. *********** Seven Files: 1)Report Cover, 2)Table of Contents, 3)Statewide Financial Summaries, 4)Department Budgets, 5)Capitol Projects, 6)Associated Financial Documents, 7)Budget Report. To Members of the 82nd General Assembly, As we begin the second year of our Administration, we are pleased to submit the Fiscal Year 2009 budget for the State of Iowa pursuant to Iowa Code Section 8.21 and our constitutional authority. This budget recognizes the progress that we began last year with improvements in education, economic development, energy independence, and health care; provides funding for new policy initiatives in these areas; and is based on fiscally sound budget practices. Building on last year’s accomplishments, our Fiscal Year 2009 General Fund budget proposes an additional $75 million for increasing teachers’ salaries as part of our goal to move Iowa closer to the national average. We lay the foundation for student achievement by recommending $32.1 million for pre-school education, and we also propose $177.5 million in total for community colleges and $726.2 million in total for Regents universities. To make our State more energy independent, our General Fund budget appropriates the second-year funding of $25 million for the new Iowa Power Fund. The newly established Office of Energy Independence will soon start making awards from the Power Fund. Apart from the budget, we will be making several proposals to implement the new State energy plan. We have pledged to expand the number of Iowans who have health-care coverage. As a result, we are recommending additional funding for enrollment growth in the State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). These additional funds will help the State provide coverage for another 25 percent of children who are eligible but not yet enrolled in hawk-i and the Iowa Medicaid Program. To protect the safety of Iowans, we are recommending issuance of revenue bonds for approximately $260 million in net proceeds to build a new state penitentiary in Ft. Madison, renovate and expand the Women’s Correctional Institution at Mitchellville, upgrade kitchen facilities at the Rockwell City and Mt. Pleasant Correctional Institutions, and expand Community-Based Correctional Facilities in Ottumwa, Sioux City, Waterloo, and Des Moines. Additionally, we are including funding for developing a prototype program for providing parolees and low-risk offenders with mental health and drug abuse treatment and educational services to help them make a crime-free re-entry into our communities. As part of this Capitals Budget, we also propose using $20 million for the State’s matching share for building new facilities at the Iowa Veterans Home. Iowa Budget Report iv Fiscal Year 2009 Importantly, our budget continues to fully fund our State’s Reserve Funds to help buffer Iowa from any future economic downturn. We recommend reimbursing $78.2 million to the Property Tax Credit Fund as part of our multi-year proposal to correct bad budgeting practices and eventually restore $160.0 million to this Fund. To provide more transparency, we are transferring operational expenditures in the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to the General Fund and expenditures from the Endowment for Healthy Iowans and Healthy Iowans Tobacco Trust Funds to the General Fund. We believe that Iowa has charted a new course of becoming energy independent, providing quality pre-school education, recognizing the importance of our teachers, and providing greater health coverage for children. Our Fiscal Year 2009 budget and policy priorities reflect our continuing faith in Iowa’s ability to be the best state in the nation. We look forward to working with you in a bi-partisan and all-inclusive manner to build on our progress and protect our priorities. Sincerely, Chester J. Culver Governor Patty Judge Lt. Governor

One Iowa Report, November/October 2007

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One Iowa Report, September/October 2007

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A sermon, preached at the annual election, May 2, 1830, before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts /

Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of representatives.

A short view of the life and character of Lieutenant-General Villettes, late lieutenant-governor and commander of the forces in Jamaica. To which are added letters written during a journey from Calais to Geneva, and St. Bernard in the year 1814.

Mode of access: Internet.

A discourse, pronounced before His Excellency John Brooks, esq., governor, His Honor William Phillips, esq., lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the two Houses, composing the legislature of Massachusetts, on the anniversary election, May 28,1823.

Mode of access: Internet.

A sermon delivered before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the Hon. Council, the Senate, and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the day of general election, May 28, 1828. ...

Half-title: "Election sermon."

The claims of past and future generations on civil rulers. A sermon, preached at the annual election, May 25, 1825, before His Honor Marcus Morton, esq., lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts.

Mode of access: Internet.

A sermon delivered before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the Hon. Council, the Senate, and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the day of general election, May 27, 1829 /

Printed by order of the Massachusetts Senate.

A sermon, preached at the annual election, May 25, 1831, : before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the honorable Council and the legislature of Massachusetts.

Cover title: Mr. Withington's election sermon, 1831.

A discourse delivered at the annual election, January 4, 1832 : before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts /

Date of publication supported by date of the sermon as given on the title page and by note by L.S. Cushing, clerk of the House of Representatives, dated Jan. 5, 1832, "to request a copy for the press."--P. [3].

A sermon delivered before His Excellency : Levi Lincoln, Esq., governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the Hon. Council, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. May 30, 1827, being the day of general election /

Mode of access: Internet.