Executive Orders of Governor Tom Vilsack

Executive Order Number One  
Rescinds Branstad E.O. 59; Establishes the Iowa Workforce Development Board under the federal Workforce Development Act of 1998. (1/25/99)
Executive Order Number Two  
Establishes the governor's Strategic Planning Council, sets objectives and guidelines. (2/1/99)
Executive Order Number Three  
Establishes the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Advisory Council, sets objectives and guidelines. (2/5/99)
Executive Order Number Four  
Establishes the 21st Century Workforce Council, sets objectives and guidelines. (2/22/99)
Executive Order Number Five  
Authorizes recommendations by the Iowa Workforce Development Board be carried out to establish regional boundaries for programs, establish appointment processes and provide necessary coordination to permit Regional Workforce Development Boards to fulfill duties under state and federal law.  (3/25/99) 
Executive Order Number Six  
Extends the term of appointment of the resident-agent-in-charge of the Des Moines Office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council, as an ex-officio non-voting member. (4/23/99)
Executive Order Number Seven  
Rescinds Branstad E.O. #44; Establishes the Task Force for Equal Opportunity in Employment; sets out the method for appointment; and sets out tasks; provides for the Iowa Department of Personnel to provide staff support as needed. (9/14/99)
Executive Order Number Eight  
Orders each State agency with authority to adopt state regulations to begin a comphrensive review of all agency rules and establishes an Agency Plan for Regulatory Review with criteria, a schedule, and a final report to the Governor's office no later than December 31, 2002. (9/14/99)
Executive Order Number Nine  
Orders each State agency with authority to adopt state regulations to adhere to a set of principles and procedures when engaging in agency rule-making. (9/14/99)
Executive Order Number Ten  
Establishes a Quality in Rule-Making Committee to design and administer a program to familiarize agency personnel with, and equip them to satisfy, all legal requirements applicable to the rule-making process. (9/14/99)
Executive Order Number Eleven  
Inserts a mechanism into the rule-making process that will increase the flexibility of administrative rule enforcement as applied to compelling individual cases; sets deadlines for agencies to adopt the Uniform Waiver Rule that is outlined in this order by publication in the Administrative Bulletin no later than February 1, 2000. (9/14/99)
Executive Order Number Twelve  
Rescinds and nullifies E.O. #25 issued by Governor Robert D. Ray on April 22, 1977, Establishing the Governor's Science Advisory Council. (12/9/99)
Executive Order Number Thirteen  
Accepts the offer from the U.S. Department of the Army to retrocede exclusive legislature jurisdiction over the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant located in Des Moines County, Iowa. (12/9/99)
Executive Order Number Fourteen  
Establishes the Health Consumer Advisory Council. (2/25/00)
Executive Order Number Fifteen  
Creates the Interagency Work Group on Responsible Parenting. (3/13/00)
Executive Order Number Sixteen  
Creates the Iowa Food Council. (3/31/00)
Executive Order Number Seventeen  
Creates the Taskforce for Responsible Fatherhood. (2/13/01)
Executive Order Number Eighteen  
Rescinds E. O. #7 dated September 14, 1999, and replaces it with an order reaffirming the state's affirmative action and workforce diversity programs within the state government. Creates the Task Force for Equal Opportunity in Employment with the Lieutenant Governor as chair. (3/28/01)
Executive Order Number Nineteen  
Orders the continuation of the Iowa Food Policy Council as created in E.O. #16. (5/21/01)
Executive Order Number Twenty
Creates the Iowa Education Round. (6/27/01)
Executive Order Number Twenty-One
Establishes the Veterans Affairs Policy Task Force. (7/3/01)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Two
Orders the Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard to call sufficient National Guard personnal to staff designated airport check-points for security enhancement measures. (10/3/01)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Three
Orders the Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard to call sufficient National Guard personnal to provide a security presence at designated Iowa laboratories. (10/12/01)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Four
Orders a 4.3% budget reduction for FY 2002. (11/1/01)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Five
Directs state agencies to participate in the state service procurement program outlined in this Order, and rescinds E.O. #60 issued by Governor Branstad on May 19, 1997. (6/4/02)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Six
Establishes a Commemorative Quarter Committee and a process by which all Iowans may participate in the selection of teh Iowa 2004 Commemorative Quarter. (6/21/02)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Seven
Directs heads of state agencies to undertake steps to identify and address barriers to community living for individuals with disabilities and long term illnesses in Iowa. (2/4/03)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Eight
Establishes seven state agencies as Charter Agencies that gives them the maximum degree of administrative flexability allowed under the law to ensure they produce the results, savings, and revenues that each has committed to in the Charter Agency Agreement. (7/1/03) 
Executive Order Number Twenty-Nine
Establishes the Iowa Food Policy Council in a continuation mode and amends E.O. #19. (8/14/03)
Executive Order Number Thirty
Creates the Iowa Learns Council as a result of work accomplished by the Iowa Education Roundtable (E.O. 16). Establishes purpose, membership, structure and timeline with subgroups to be named and with a deadline of September 2004. (9/25/03)
Executive Order Number Thirty-One
Orders a uniform modification of allotment requests of 2.5% in budget reductions. (10/14/03)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Two
Establishes a Commemorative Iowa Medallion through the Iowa Veterans Affairs Commission featuring the profile of the five Sullivan brothers on one side and an image of the Iowa State Capitol with proceeds from the sale to establish and maintain an Iowa Veterans' Cemetery or, after 12-31-2008, if not established, shall revert to the Veterans Affairs Commission to support and promote veterans services. (11/11/03)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Three
Creates and recognizes the Iowa Council on Homelessness and directs heads of various State agencies to participate in the council. (11/17/03)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Four
Disbands Governor Ray's E.O. #20 and E.O. #49 dealing with the Governor's Economic Advisory Council and the Iowa Economic Forecasting Council and replaces them with the Council of Economic Advisors who will work with various State departments to expand and coordinate the gathering, analysis and distribution of economic data for the state as a whole. (12/5/03)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Five
Establishes the Governor's Non-proft Taskforce to assess the present and potential role of Iowa's non-profit sector inadvancing the vitality of communities throughout Iowa. (1/30/04)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Six
Reinstates 10 % of the across the board cut ordered in E.O. #31 for an effective across the board cut of 2.25 %. (6/25/04)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Seven
Creates the Aging Services Cabinet, addressing the pertinent issues that affect the lives of older Iowans. (10/1/04)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Eight
Orders the continuation of the Iowa Food Policy Council as set forth in E.O.s 16, 19, and 29. (10/22/04)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Nine
Orders the creation and implementation of Iowa Great Places. (11/1/05)
Executive Order Number Forty
Orders that alll Iowa State Executive Branch agencies, in collaboration with the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division of the Iowa Department of Public Defense, shall prepare a Continuity of Operations and a Continuity of Government plan to ensure the state's ability to deliver essential services under any circumstances. (3/3/05)
Executive Order Number Forty-One
Orders that all agencies shall identify and implement energy efficiency measures and reduce energy consumption in all conditioned facilities owned by the State as provided for in Iowa Code Section473.13A. (4/22/05)
Executive Order Number Forty-Two
Orders that the rights of offenders who have wholly discharged their sentences be given consideration for restoration of citizenship rights without undue delay. (7/4/05)
Executive Order Number Forty-Three
Orders the Director of Human Services, or designee to promote recruitment and retention among providers of Iowa's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver programs to establish a more efficient homecare delivery system. (7/4/05)
Executive Order Number Forty-Four
Orders the Iowa Department of Human Services to comply with all federal government directives arising out of declared federal public health emergency insofar as those directives concern public welfare programs administered by the department. (9/2/05) 
Executive Order Number Forty-Five
Orders the Iowa Department of Human Services Director of designee to meet and confer with the authorized representative of registered child development home providers to discuss issues of mutual concern, including training requirements, reimbursement rates, payment procedures, health and safety conditions and any other changes to current practices that would improve the quality of programs. (1/16/06)
Executive Order Number Forty-Six
Orders the Iowa Department of Human Services Director of designee to meet and confer with the authorized representative of non-registered child care home providers not otherwise covered by E.O. #45 and who receive payment from the State of Iowa Child Care Assistance Program. (1/16/06)
Executive Order Number Forty-Seven
Creates the Keep Iowa Clean Task Force to develop a comprehensive litter abatement and prevention cmpaign leading to a long-term, sustainable approach for reducing litter and increasing public awareness, personal responsibility, and community involvement. (2/7/06)
Executive Order Number Forty-Eight
Orders and directs the Institute for Tomorrow's Workforce to produce a design for a pay-for-performance program and conduct a study of the design as set forth in Section 27 of HF 2792 as enacted. (6/1/06)
Executive Order Number Forty-Nine
Established a taskforce to study Iowa’s Targeted Small Business (TSB) Financial Assistance Program and provide recommendations on improvements and efficiencies to the Governor and Legislature. (8/4/06)
Executive Order Number Fifty
Established the New Iowans Policy Task Force to make recommendations on how to address the public safety issues surrounding the lack of a comprehensive identification system. (12/1/06)
Executive Order Number Fifty-One
Established the Targeted Small Business Advisory Council to add citizen and legislative oversight and input into the policy making decisions regarding the TSB Program. (12/8/06)