Citizen Online Resources
Below are online resources you may find useful.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| State Checkbook |
Iowa’s Checkbook - allows you to explore state expenditures from high level summaries down to checkbook level transactions. |
| State Data |
Iowa's Data Portal - explore data, discover answers to questions, and share with others. |
| Results Iowa |
Results Iowa - Accountability for Iowans |
| Iowa Grants |
Iowa’s Funding Opportunity Search and Grant Management System |
| Property Valuation Reports |
The Local Government Property Valuation System provides a number of public reports. |
| Public Local Budget/Report Access |
Provides access to: County, Ag Extension, County/City Assessors, County Hospitals, & Townships, Benefited Fire, Lighting, Water Districts, and Misc Budgets (DART, EMC, E911, Rural Improvement Zones, Recreational Water, Sanitary Sewer Districts) |
| Annual Urban Renewal Reports |
Online system providing public access to annual reports filed by communities that have an “active” Urban Renewal in place during the year. Password access required for report submission. |
| The Lean Enterprise Institute |
The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. (LEI) is a nonprofit education, publishing, research, and conference organization that develops hypotheses about lean thinking and experiment to see which approaches work best in the real world, writes up and teaches what they discover, and provides new methods for organizational transformation. |
| Comprehensive Financial Reports |
Provides access to the State of Iowa's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports. |
| Levy Authority Rates By Fiscal Year |
This dataset contains property tax rates for all levy authorities within the State of Iowa by fiscal year. Property tax rates are the dollars collected per $1,000 in a property's taxable value. The state fiscal year runs from July 1 to the following June 30 and is numbered for the calendar year in which it ends. Rates for a fiscal year are based on the taxable property valuations for the preceding calendar year (e.g. FY 2014 rates are based on 2012 taxable property valuations). |
| State of Iowa Accountable Government Act Reports and Plans |
The Iowa Department of Management is responsible for implementing and administering the state's Performance Management System established in 2001 through the Iowa Accountable Government Act. Iowa's performance management system provides a framework for actively using performance data to improve state government results so we can better serve customers. This framework ensures executive branch state agencies have sound performance planning and reporting, strategic planning and proven results. Agency strategic plans identify essential goals, strategies, and measures to guide progress in achieving the department's vision and mission as well as define how the agency contributes to achievement of the enterprise goals. Agency performance plans look at the agency's mission (the purpose or why the agency exists) and define the operations (core functions and key services, products and/or activities) that are in place to achieve that mission. Agency performance reports compare actual performance with projected levels for key areas outlined in the agency strategic plan and the agency performance plan. Agency performance plans are due to the Iowa Department of Management on December 15th for the preceding fiscal year. |
| Consolidated Property Tax Rates by Tax District And Fiscal Year |
The dataset provides consolidated property tax rates for each urban and rural taxing district in Iowa by fiscal year, starting with FY 2012. Property tax rates are the dollars collected per $1,000 in a property's taxable value. The consolidated rate represents the combined rate for all levy authorities (e.g. counties, cities, school districts, townships, etc.) represented in a tax district. |
| Assessed Property Values By Tax District and Year |
This dataset contains 100% assessed property values for classes of real property. Real property is mostly land, buildings, structures, and other improvements that are constructed on or in the land, attached to the land, or placed upon a foundation. Typical improvements include a building, house or mobile home, fences, and paving. Classes of real property include the following: Residential, Agricultural Land, Agricultural Buildings, Commercial, Industrial, Utilities, and Railroads. The assessed property values help determine the net taxable valuations for property tax levies (e.g. 2012 assessment property values help determine the net taxable valuations for FY 2014 property tax levies). |
| Taxable Property Values By Tax District and Year |
This dataset contains taxable property values for classes of real property by tax district. Taxable values are based on assessed valuations after application of the statutory assessment limitation (i.e. rollback), and is the value to which tax rates are applied (e.g. 2012 net taxable valuations are used for the FY 2014 property tax levies). Real property is mostly land, buildings, structures, and other improvements that are constructed on or in the land, attached to the land, or placed upon a foundation. Typical improvements include a building, house or mobile home, fences, and paving. Classes of real property include the following: Residential, Agricultural Land, Agricultural Buildings, Commercial, Industrial, Utilities and Railroads. |