Alan Harder

This strategic plan outlines how the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) will focus its resources for State Fiscal Year 2025-2027 to align with the Governor's priorities and achieve its vision of being an effective, efficient, and approachable agency. Key initiatives include increasing recertification surveys for federally active nursing homes, deploying a uniform licensing technology solution to decrease processing time, and increasing OSHA educational consultations. The plan aims to enhance health and well-being, hold government accountable, and improve operational efficiency.

The Iowa Department of Transportation's Business Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030 establishes a framework focused on two primary goals: Transportation Safety and Business Excellence. The plan aims to enhance safety through portfolio implementation and collaboration, and to achieve business excellence through smart decision-making and workforce talent development. It is guided by a mission of 'Making Lives Better Through Transportation' and a vision of being 'Safe, Innovative, Service Driven', employing a 'Three S Concept' for its implementation approach.

This strategic plan for the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) outlines its commitment to maintaining a well-funded public retirement system and establishing itself as an innovative leader in service delivery. The plan focuses on four core programs: Investment Management, Service Delivery, Risk Management and Compliance, and Shared Costs and Services (Workforce). Key objectives include achieving actuarial milestones for full funding, modernizing and improving service delivery through technology and enhanced customer processes, bolstering business processes for data security and payment accuracy, and cultivating a highly skilled and engaged workforce to ensure the fund's fiduciary responsibilities are met for the exclusive benefit of its members.

This strategic plan for the Office of the State Public Defender is designed to ensure high-quality, efficient, and fiscally responsible legal representation for indigent persons in Iowa's criminal and juvenile courts. The plan focuses on four key strategic initiatives: providing high-quality representation through public defender offices, ensuring high-quality representation from private court-appointed attorneys, holding the government accountable by improving cost-effectiveness and efficiency of indigent defense expenditures, and compensating attorneys and other indigent defense providers in a timely and accurate manner. It addresses challenges such as a declining attorney population and limited control over case factors, while leveraging strengths like experienced staff, technology, and specialized contracts to achieve its mission of justice for all.

This strategic plan for FY2025 outlines the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board's commitment to promoting public trust and confidence in government. It aims to ensure integrity in political campaigns, uphold ethical standards for executive branch officials and employees, and ensure the lawful conduct of executive branch lobbyists. Key strategic initiatives focus on increasing compliance among regulated communities, enhancing Iowans' trust in campaigns and officials, and improving efficiency by increasing public and regulated community knowledge of requirements, ultimately redirecting inquiries to online resources.