Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 401, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
24 (3)(a), I am withdrawing
Assembly Bill 13 and
Assembly Bill 53 from the Assembly Committee on Rules and re-referring it to the joint committee on
Finance. I have the consent of Representative Suder, chair of the Assembly Committee on Rules, to take this action.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
April 4, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Speaker
211 West
State Capitol
Dear Speaker Fitzgerald:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
24 (3)(a) and as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Rules, I respectfully request that
Assembly Bill 13 and
Assembly Bill 53 be withdrawn from the Assembly Committee on Rules and referred to the joint committee on Finance.
Sincerely,
Scott Suder
State Representative
Assembly Majority Leader
Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 25, 2011
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We recently identified up to $12.0 million in federal funds the Legislature could either direct the Department of Children and Families to spend on specific public assistance programs or lapse to the State's General Fund for use as general purpose revenue (GPR) in the 2011-13 biennium. In addition, because the Department of Administration did not make certain accounting entries at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2009-10, we believe it could immediately make $668,478 available to the General Fund as GPR for the fiscal year that ends on June 30, 2011.
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Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the additional funding we identified.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 31, 2011
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our annual financial and compliance audit of the State of Wisconsin. This audit satisfies state agencies' audit requirements under the federal Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended, and federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133. It also assists us in meeting audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats.
This audit covers $15.5 billion in federal financial assistance that state agencies administered in fiscal year 2009-10, including more than $3.5 billion in assistance received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. We tested internal controls and a selection of expenditures for compliance with laws and regulations for 31 federal programs that were chosen for review using risk-based assessment criteria established by the federal government.
Our report contains the auditor's reports on internal control over financial reporting and on compliance with program requirements, and our unqualified audit opinion on the State of Wisconsin Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. We also discuss the results of our follow-up to prior audit findings. Overall, state agencies have complied with federal grant requirements and have taken steps to address findings included in last year's single audit report. However, we report several new and continuing internal control deficiencies and areas of federal noncompliance. The federal government will contact state agencies to resolve the findings and questioned costs included in our report.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by state agency staff during our audit. Agencies' comments on individual findings, along with their corrective action plans to address our concerns, are included within the agency narratives.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
