State seeks more money to aid troubled workers
Iowa lawmakers call for a $336,150 yearly boost to fund a broader employee assistance program for 257 state workers. The plan expands beyond the single counselor now managing 20,000 executive branch employees with costs tied to 5 percent utilization and national averages.
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U of I loses NASA contract for shuttle plasma tests
NASA canceled the University of Iowa's 21 million dollar plasma experiment plan aboard a space shuttle after shuttle launch delays following the Challenger disaster. U I researchers seek a smaller 1991 launcher project using the older PDP and a renovated PDP satellite to probe ionospheric plasma effects.
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Portugal
U of I Physics and Astronomy Department
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