Whois & Analysis for iowadot.gov

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is the government organization in the U.S. state of Iowa responsible for the organization, construction, and maintenance of the primary highway system.

Located in Ames, Iowas DOT is also responsible for licensing drivers and programming and planning for aviation, rail, and public transit.

A driver's license (US English), driver license (US English) or driving licence (UK English) is an official document permitting a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles, such as a motorcycle, car, truck, or bus on a public road.

The laws relating to the licensing of drivers vary between jurisdictions.

In some jurisdictions, a license is issued after the recipient has passed a driving test, while in others, a person acquires a license before beginning to drive.

Different categories of license often exist for different types of motor vehicles, particularly large trucks and passenger vehicles.

The difficulty of the driving test varies considerably between jurisdictions, as do factors such as age and the required level of practice.

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of , including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country.

The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".

Public safety organizations include Law Enforcement, Fire Service.

The public safety issues a municipality, county, state, or federal jurisdiction might grapple with include narcotic use, trespassing, burglary, harassment, juvenile delinquency, unauthorized living, noise, littering, inappropriate social behavior, inebriation, and other quality of life issues.

Generally organizations are involved in the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety of the general public from significant danger, injury, or property damage, such as crimes or disasters (natural or human-made).