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Workiva achieves FedRAMP Authorization to operate

Workiva announced today the company received authorization to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Workiva is now a FedRAMP LI-SaaS provider, which allows federal government agencies to adopt the Wdesk platform produced by …

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Secretary of State opens voluntary cybersecurity assessment to county auditors

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and county auditors in Cerro Gordo, Clay and Sioux counties are joining in a pilot program for the Center of Internet Security. Pate agreed to connect Iowa counties with …

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Iowa agency explores using prison labor to build homes

KCCI-TV: An Iowa agency wants to use inmates to eventually build at least 100 homes a year for low-income individuals around the state, an unusual idea within the expansive prison labor industry. The Iowa Department of …

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Statement from Ray family

The following statement is from the family of Robert D. Ray:

Robert D. Ray, Iowa’s 38th governor, who never stopped serving the state and its people in recent decades, passed away early this morning in …

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Bob Ray ‘made Iowa a better place’

Visionary. Mentor. Smart businessman. Dedicated leader.

Community and business leaders across Iowa are noting the important roles former Gov. Bob Ray inhabited in his long career of service and leadership.

Robert D. Ray, known for …

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Manufacturers applaud new Iowa law on workplace drunkenness

Iowa Public Radio: A new workplace drug testing law went into effect this week so Iowa employers will be allowed to discipline more workers for inebriation on the job. The law will lower the allowed workplace …

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China to cancel more soy shipments

Chinese companies are expected to cancel most of the remaining soybeans that importers had committed to buy at the end of this summer, Bloomberg reports. China has not taken delivery of about 1.14 million metric tons …

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State launches Fast Track Filing, accepting business filings 24/7

Businesses can now file 24/7 with a new system in place with the Iowa secretary of state’s office.

New software launched June 18 aims to reduce the new business filings wait significantly — from two …

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Iowa to participate in NGA project to improve Medicaid data use

Iowa has been selected as one of eight states to participate in a National Governors Association initiative highlighting best data practices in health policymaking, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The 16-month project will address governance, cross-sector …

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A Closer Look: Brad Anderson

Brad Anderson started out in engineering before bolting for political science and a career that has included working for a nonprofit started by preeminent cancer doctor Richard Deming and now for AARP. 

A gifted fundraiser …