State checkbook

Iowa Communications Network

What this part of state government paid out, by kind of spending and by the organizations paid.1

$33.7M
paid out, FY17
$5.7M
of it to individuals and others, unnamed (17%)2
$80K
more in transfers between state accounts3

Year by year

Payments by fiscal year, not counting transfers.

$33.7M
$22.2M
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YearPaidIndividuals and othersTransfers
FY27 so far$3.5M$584K$4,365
FY26$22.2M$3.9M$26K
FY25$25.6M$4.9M$31K
FY24$22.9M$3.9M$309K
FY23$23.1M$3.1M$701K
FY22$24.2M$3.6M$763K
FY21$23.9M$2.9M$812K
FY20$23.3M$3.3M$448K
FY19$26.3M$3.6M$298K
FY18$26.9M$4.5M$69K
FY17$33.7M$5.7M$80K
FY16$22.3M$6.2M$47K
FY15$23.2M$8.4M$35K
FY14$23.3M$7.6M$41K

Kinds of spending over time

The biggest kinds of spending by fiscal year.

KindFY23FY24FY25FY26FY27 so far
Communications$8.6M$9.0M$9.8M$9.2M$1.1M
Outside Services$5.8M$5.9M$6.1M$6.1M$515K
Outside Repairs/service$3.0M$3.5M$3.6M$2.6M$432K
IT Equipment & Software$2.5M$1.8M$2.3M$2.1M$1.1M
Equipment$871K$1.0M$2.0M$388K$210K
Refunds-Other$1.3M$1.2M$1.2M$1.3M$0
Prof & Scientific Services$813K$186K$362K$194K$40K
Other Supplies$93K$97K$122K$83K$29K
Utilities$64K$72K$69K$69K$14K
Equipment Maintenance Supplies$54K$52K$11K$43K$340
Rentals$4,210$1,340$9,525$1,633$206
Advertising & Publicity$0$0$0$0$0
In State Travel$6,036$5,101$6,188$3,486$580
Office Supplies$6,928$10K$11K$2,550$0
Out of State Travel$2,051$5,208$3,689$215$0

The 15 biggest of 31 kinds.

Organizations paid the most, FY17

  1. Qwest Government Services$12.5M 37%
  2. Fiberutilities Network Services LLC$6.2M 18%
  3. Iowa Hospital Association$680K 2%
  4. Windstream Holdings Inc$667K 2%
  5. Locate Holdings Inc$622K 2%
  6. Aosnc LLC$385K 1%
  7. Graybar Electric Co Inc$380K 1%
  8. Summit Technologies LLC$370K 1%
  9. Aeritae Consulting Group Ltd$323K 1%
  10. Walker Group Inc$291K 1%
  11. G4s Secure Integration LLC$270K 1%
  12. Centurylink Inc$242K 1%
  13. Centurylink Communications LLC$226K 1%
  14. Grant Wood Area Educatio$218K 1%
  15. Hubill Inc$189K 1%
  16. Communication Tech Inc$159K 0%
  17. Baker Electric Inc$153K 0%
  18. Aureon Network Services$149K 0%
  19. Veex Inc$140K 0%
  20. Murphy Tower Service LLC$140K 0%

Organizations paid the most, all years

  1. Fiberutilities Network Services LLC$72.3M
  2. Qwest Government Services$44.0M
  3. Centurylink Communications LLC$21.8M
  4. Windstream Holdings Inc$10.6M
  5. Mcleod Network Serv Inc$9.7M
  6. Locate Holdings Inc$9.2M
  7. Iowa Rural Health Telecommunications Program$8.5M
  8. Qwest Corporation$4.1M
  9. Hubill Inc$3.2M
  10. Walker Group Inc$3.1M
  11. Graybar Electric Co Inc$2.6M
  12. Convergeone Inc$2.5M
  13. Baker Electric Inc$2.4M
  14. Summit Technologies LLC$1.9M
  15. Fiber Platform LLC$1.8M

Payments to individuals and others

One total each year for payees not named here. The last column also counts transfers and other entries the state lists under RESTRICTED payees.4

YearIndividuals and othersShareListed as RESTRICTED
FY27 so far$584K17%–
FY26$3.9M18%–
FY25$4.9M19%$757
FY24$3.9M17%$886
FY23$3.1M13%$861
FY22$3.6M15%–
FY21$2.9M12%–
FY20$3.3M14%–
FY19$3.6M14%–
FY18$4.5M17%–
FY17$5.7M17%–
FY16$6.2M28%–
FY15$8.4M36%–
FY14$7.6M33%–