Iowa Admin. Code r. 141-2.1
As used in this chapter:
"Administrative action " means any action, decision, omission, policy, practice, procedure, or rule of an agency or any failure of an agency to act pursuant to law.
"Agency" means all governmental entities, departments, boards, commissions, councils or institutions, and any officer, employee or member thereof acting or purporting to act in the exercise of official duties. "Agency" includes any person providing child welfare or juvenile justice services under contract with an agency that is subject to investigation by the ombudsman. "Agency" does not include:
1. Any court or judge or appurtenant judicial staff;
2. The members, committees, or permanent or temporary staffs of the Iowa general assembly;
3. The governor of Iowa or the governor's personal staff;
4. Any instrumentality formed pursuant to an interstate compact and answerable to more than one state; and
5. Any agency, official or employee of the federal government.
"Employee" means any employee of any agency.
"Officer" means any officer of any agency.
"Person" means an individual, aggregate of individuals, corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association.
"Records" or "documents" means any writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, phonorecords, audio recordings, video recordings, and any other data or information stored or preserved in any medium.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 141-2.1