ORGANIZATION

The Board of Regents is solely responsible for legislative policy making for the Regent universities. Under its overall governance authority, it organizes the legislative liaison activities of the universities. These activities are vital to the continued academic and fiscal well-being of the institutions and public higher education in Iowa. Such activities involve complex questions of public policy, regental responsibility, institutional objectives, and budgetary considerations. At The University of Iowa, the legislative liaison representatives are based in The University of Iowa's Office of Governmental Relations.

The Special Assistant to the President for Governmental Relations has general supervision of governmental relations activities and direct responsibility for federal relations. The State Relations Officer has direct responsibility for state relations. The governmental relations on-campus coordinator provides administrative support and coordination of responses to Board Office and legislative inquiries, on-campus visits by governmental officials, visits to governmental offices; and special events and projects to further the mission of the office. They are assisted by one full time support staff dedicated to state relations and electronic website management, and one part time secretary with shared responsibilities for state and federal relations and the Office of Finance and University Services.