With ICN’s secure connections, government users gathers, processes, stores and provides authorized access to extensive amounts of information. This increases efficiencies and creates a cost-effective way of doing business.
Consider the many ways Iowan’s use government services: benefits programs, facilitating travel and commerce, regulation oversight, hunting licensing, tax services, driver’s license services and judicial/court proceedings.
ICN's Government Landscape Connections
121 Judicial Branch locations.
ICN provides connections to all county courthouses.
143 Dept. of Transportation locations.
ICN connections include maintenance garages, driver’s license stations, and construction offices.
123 Dept. of Human Services locations.
ICN delivers connections to DHS offices across the State.
46 Workforce Development locations.
ICN provides connections to satellite offices.
133 additional State, Federal, miscellaneous government locations.
Government Impact
The State Public Defender’s Iowa City office needed a cost-effective voice solution when their phone system was destroyed. We upgraded several phone systems to support remote employees in record time.
Federal & State government agencies use the ICN to connect their offices, facilities, and services. The ICN also shares resources with the City of Des Moines.
In April 2023, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an agency reorganization plan in law, reducing Iowa’s 37 executive-level cabinet agencies down to 16. The restructuring was enacted July 1.
In the weeks preceding July 1, our ICN team has worked to ensure that state government functions smoothly for Iowans during the agency restructuring.
This project required:
Processing orders for cabling, data, and voice services.
Installing or removing cabling for office relocations, as agencies consolidate and merge.
Office workstation reconfigurations and infrastructure upgrades to handle voice and data requirements for new employees. The ICN continues to be available to assist agencies as they modify their telecommunication services.
ICN shares fiber resources with the City of Des Moines and Polk County. The sharing of facilities supports the government's Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government (COG) initiative.
ICN and DOT share fiber, equipment, buildings, and databases. Services support intelligent traffic systems and are part of the ongoing modernization of infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
ICN is a representative of the Iowa Advisory Council on Automated Transportation (ATC), which is chaired by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT). ICN also holds a subcommittee seat on the infrastructure readiness (IR) team.
Customer Testimonial
"The ICN provides [us] with the most cost effective and efficient connection available, allowing us to send our programming out from our Johnston studios to each of our Iowa-based broadcast transmitters."
What Sets ICN Apart
Learn more about the statewide Network with these 12 reasons why the ICN stands out.