Executive Order 34

\ .J!fxrrufun il9.qrarlm.mf ~ INTHE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE Of IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 34 WHEREAS, Executive Order Number Fifteen, dated April 2, 1973, Executive Order Number Eleven, dated March 30, 1984, and Iowa Code Chapter 601A, heretofore set forth the purpose and provisions for equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in state government, state services, and state contracts; and WHEREAS, 1986 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2175, signed into law on May 29, 1986 reorganized and realigned the departments for carrying out these commitments by abolishing and creating certain state agencies, repealing and modifying ., provisions of law relating to such agencies and ·altering the duties and powers of certain executive branch agencies; and WHEREAS, Iowa Code Section 19B. 7 established as a responsibility of the Department of Management the promotion of equal opportunity in all state contracts and services; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of 1986 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2175 the Department of Management has the authority to develop a contract compliance policy for state agencies; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to require an affirmative action policy to be set forth in state contracts; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to maintain administrative consistency in the application of equal opportunity and affirmative action in all state contracts and services. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, by virtue of the authority vested in my by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa, do hereby order that: I. The provisions of Executive Order Number Fifteen, dated .. April 2, 1973, remain in effect as a statement of basic policy and a code of fair practices as the state of Iowa. II. Executive Order Number Eleven, dated March 30, 1984, is hereby repealed. III. Nothing in this 'executive ' order shall affect the authority of the ~ivil Rights Commission to enforce Iowa . Code ChaP,ter 601A. - 2 - \ IV. Article VIII entitled State Contracts and Subcontracts, Executive Order Nwnber Fifteen, dated April 2, 197 3, is hereby amended to read as follows: Article VIII STATE CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS To insure compliance with the provisions of the Iowa Civil Rights Act and Iowa Code Section 19B.7, every state official who is responsible to the Governor and who is autho.rized to make contracts or subcontracts for public works or for goods or services shall cause to be inserted into every such contract or subcontract a clause in which the contractor or subcontractor is required .to make available upon request its Affirmative Action Program containing goals and time specifications. These contractual provisions shall be fully enforced. Any breach of them shall be regarded as a material breach of contract. V. Article IX entitled Compliance and Reporting, Executive Order Nwnber Fifteen, dated April 2, 1973, is hereby amended to read as follows: Article IX COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING All state agencies responsible to the Governor shall cooperate fully with any persons authorized by the Governor to ensure compliance with Iowa Code Section 19B.7 and the Iowa Civil Rights Act. It shall be the duty of the Iowa Department of Management to monitor and take whatever action necessary to assure compliance with the Code of Iowa. VI. Executive Order Nwnber Fifteen is further amended to read as follows: ... \ ... Article XI CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COORDINATING GROUP The Department of Management is hereby authorized to establish a contract compliance coordinating group to develop cooperation and dialogue between the major departments involved in the Targeted Small Business program and the contract compliance program, and to identify and solve operational roadblocks. The contract cqmpliance coordinating group may assist the Department of Management in evaluating current state efforts to encourage participation by small business; minoi;i ty· business, ·and. women · business enterprises; ;;i.nd. may submit. · ,. reconunendations to .the Department· of Management for. any policy; changes .that may be required. .. ~ .. .., ...· ATTEST.: - 3 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed· my name and caused the Great Seal of Iowa to be affixeb Done at es Moines · this Q? day of in the year of our Lord thousand nine hundred eighty-eight.