Descriptive summary
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creator: |
Iowa
Research Council |
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title: |
Records |
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dates: |
1993-2004,
n.d. |
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extent: |
1.68 linear
ft. (4 document boxes |
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collection
number: |
MS 688 |
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repository: |
Special
Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
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access: |
Open for
research |
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publication
rights: |
Consult Head,
Special Collections Department |
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preferred
citation: |
Iowa
Research Council Records, MS 688, Special Collections
Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
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The Iowa
Research Council (IRC) was formally created in 1994 to provide
state leaders and agencies a vehicle through which complex
issues could be efficiently researched and better understood.
Modeled partly on the National Research Council, the IRC served
the research needs of state policy makers by consulting public
and private experts in the field. Through the Iowa Research
Council, research-oriented professionals were assigned to
compile, evaluate, perform relevant research, and report back to
the client agencies.
The idea behind the Iowa Research Council was first suggested by
F. H. "Mike" Forrest while working for Iowa Governor Terry E.
Branstad during the early 1990s. Encouraged by the Governor to
pursue the idea, Forrest gathered a group of other interested
people from both public and private sectors to discuss the idea
of creating a research board to study public policy issues in
Iowa. The group met on August 10, 1993, to discuss potential
candidates for the board of directors. The first meeting of the
board took place on February 9, 1994, and during the following
meeting Patricia Swan, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate
College at Iowa State University, was elected President. The
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws were approved shortly
thereafter.
The Iowa Research Council worked with several State of Iowa
agencies on research projects during its ten-year existence. The
Council provided services to the Iowa Department of Economic
Development, Iowa Department of Workforce Development, Iowa
Department of Corrections, and the Governor's Strategic Planning
Committee.
The Council was dissolved in 2004 due to a lack of research
funding.
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Collection
description |
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This
collection (1993-2004, n.d.) contains documents related to the
Iowa Research Council. The records include board minutes,
committee correspondence and meeting minutes, organizational
documents, research proposals and projects, and final reports.
Also in the collection is a narrative by John M. Lewis
(Executive Director, 1996-2001) regarding the history of the
organization (see file 4/9). |
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Organization |
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The
collection is arranged chronologically. |
Container list
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Box
|
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
|
1 |
1 |
Announcement
luncheon |
1993 |
|
1 |
2 |
History:
Documents and information on the formation of the Iowa Research
Council |
1993-1994 |
|
1 |
3 |
Board meeting
minutes |
1993-1997 |
|
1 |
4 |
Board minutes
book |
1993-2004 |
|
1 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1994-1995 |
|
1 |
6 |
Organizational
documents: Articles, bylaws, and tax exempt status records |
1994-1996 |
|
1 |
7 |
Income tax
exemption: Correspondence and documents |
1994-1997 |
|
1 |
8 |
Proposal:
"Development of a Corporate Tax Comparison Software Program
(TAIM2)," submitted to the Iowa Department of
Economic Development |
1996 |
|
1 |
9-10 |
Study
Development Committee on Public Finance |
1996-1998 |
|
1 |
11 |
Study
Development Committee on Law and Justice: Membership and
correspondence |
1996-1998, n.d. |
|
2 |
1-3 |
Iowa Department
of Economic Development: Projects, contracts, and correspondence |
1996-1999 |
|
2 |
4 |
"Board Briefs"
from John Lewis, Executive Director |
1996-2001 |
|
4 |
12 |
Informational
booklet: "The Iowa Research Council – Evaluating Information for
Iowa's Future" |
ca. 1997 |
|
2 |
5 |
Study
Development Committee on Early Childhood Development and
Education: Membership, correspondence, and meeting materials |
1997, n.d. |
|
2 |
6-8 |
Iowa Workforce
Development: Projects, contracts, and correspondence |
1997-1999 |
|
3 |
1 |
Study
Development Committee on Early Childhood Development and
Education: Membership information and proposals |
1997-1999 |
|
3 |
2 |
Contracts |
1997-2001 |
|
3 |
3 |
Report:
"Analysis of Technical Violations of Community Supervision:
Offenders Revoked to Prison in Iowa During Fiscal Year 1998. A
Research Report Completed for the Iowa Department of
Corrections" |
1998 |
|
3 |
4 |
Correspondence |
1999 |
|
3 |
5 |
Newsletter:
IRC Digest |
1999 |
|
3 |
6 |
Project binder:
Iowa Department of Corrections – University of Iowa project |
1999 |
|
3 |
7-10 |
Report: "Iowa
Sentencing Project – County Comparison. A Research Report
Completed for the Iowa Department of Corrections" (2 copies) |
1999 |
|
4 |
1 |
Report:
"Workforce Development and Productivity Growth. A Research
Report Completed for the Iowa Department of Workforce
Development" |
1999 |
|
4 |
2 |
Iowa sentencing
project: News clippings |
1999-2000 |
|
4 |
3 |
Project binder:
Iowa Department of Corrections – University of Northern Iowa
project |
1999-2000 |
|
4 |
4 |
Study
Development Committee on Law and Justice |
1999-2000 |
|
4 |
5 |
Project status
and evaluation reports |
2000 |
|
4 |
6 |
Report:
"Preliminary Assessment of Potential Cost Savings and Framework
of Strategies for Improved Delivery of Government Services. A
Research Report Completed for Governor's Strategic Planning
Committee" |
2000 |
|
4 |
7 |
Operations
manual |
2001 |
|
4 |
8 |
History:
Correspondence and report (1- 3.5" floppy disk) |
2002 |
|
4 |
9 |
History: "The
Iowa Research Council: Assisting in Governance for the Long Term
– A Review of the Creation and Activities of the Iowa Research
Council from 1993-2002" |
2002 |
|
4 |
10 |
Correspondence |
2003 |
|
4 |
11 |
Correspondence:
Dissolution of Iowa Research Council |
2003 |
|
4 |
13 |
Proposal:
"Sentencing Policy Research," submitted to the Iowa Bar
Association |
n.d. |
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