State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
March 19, 2001
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
With this letter, I am forwarding to you the Bureau of Justice Information Systems (BJIS) Fifth Annual Report. S.13.172(2), Stats., directs BJIS to report annually on its activities, and this report is submitted in fulfillment of that requirement.
The report describes the efforts of BJIS in the areas of Integrated Justice Information Sharing (IJIS) and District Attorney Information Technology (DA IT). Significant progress, as described in detail in the report, was made in these areas in 2000.
The State's IJIS effort was re-directed from Y2K to justice information sharing in 2000. Early in the year, BJIS sought technical assistance from the national SEARCH organization, which identified a series of recommendations for increasing the visibility and activity of IJIS. In addition, the IJIS Workgroup, under BJIS's leadership, began development of a data exchange standard for justice agencies, shared data dictionary information among the state justice agencies and worked on interfaces among justice agencies to promote data sharing. Members of the workgroup, along with others appointed by former Governor Tommy Thompson, attended a national NGA IJIS Best Practices conference and developed grant proposals to submit for NGA funding. BJIS staff also began efforts to involve the law enforcement community and other local justice professionals in the IJIS program through presentations and invitations to participate on the IJIS Workgroup. The progress made on IJIS this past year laid the foundation for a growing IJIS effort in 2001.
Major progress also occurred in district attorney information technology (DA IT). In 2000, BJIS exceeded its goal for LAN installations by installing and supporting 23 additional systems for a total of 50 by December 31, 2000. Five hundred (500) prosecutors, two thirds of the State's DA offices and 67% of the State' population are now served by the DA IT LAN program.
In addition, BJIS doubled its target number of PROTECT installs by implementing 16 new systems in 2000 while creating two new releases, adding new standard documents and enhancing victim/witness and juvenile modules. PROTECT was also provided to the Hampden County, Massachusetts, DA office which had just conducted a nationwide search of prosecutor systems and concluded that PROTECT is the best system available nationally. BJIS continues to provide prosecutor-specific training, help desk and technical support for DA offices, which is becoming a major inducement for remaining counties to adopt the State system.
BJIS also began seeking grant funds to supplement state funds for DA IT and submitted a major NIJ grant in 2000 to provide funding for statewide prosecutor statistics, cross-county query of DA databases and an interface between prosecutors and law enforcement agencies. Other significant accomplishments included completing the MOU and planning to install the Milwaukee County LAN in spring 2001, improving network security statewide and upgrading training of DA staff.
With the continued support of the legislature, BJIS is making significant strides in making government at both the State and local levels more efficient and improving public safety by giving prosecutors technology tools designed to meet their needs and by bringing together justice professionals from state, county and municipal government to work on sharing information across jurisdictions. These efforts represent a concrete example of how government at all levels are working together to serve the citizens of Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Susan Puntillo
Administrator, Division of Technology Management,
Department of Administration
Referred to committee on Judiciary.
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Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that
Senate Joint Resolution 22 be withdrawn from the committee on
Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Senate Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: the life and public service of Daniel T. "Tom" Kelley.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 22 be concurred in?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 22 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
9:25 A.M.
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12:02 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
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Representative Jensen introduced a privileged joint resolution.
Assembly Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: modifying the session schedule for the 2001-2002 biennial session period to extend the March 2001 floorperiod solely for consideration of 2001 Senate Bill 54 and 2001 Assembly Bill 215.
By
Representative
Jensen
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 49 offered by Representative Black.
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Representative Duff rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to
Assembly Joint Resoution 49 was not germane under Assembly Rule
54.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order
well taken.
Representative Krug appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 56.
Noes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 43.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion carried.
Senate Bill 37
Relating to: water quality certification for wetlands.
Representative Black moved that Assembly Rule
43 be suspended and that
Senate Bill 37 be withdrawn from the committee on
Environment and taken up at this time.
The question was: Shall Asembly Rule 43 be suspended and Senate Bill 37 be withdrawn from the committee on Environment and taken up at this time?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 42.
Noes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 57.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion failed.
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Assembly Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: modifying the session schedule for the 2001-2002 biennial session period to extend the March 2001 floorperiod solely for consideration of 2001 Senate Bill 54 and 2001 Assembly Bill 215.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
49 be adopted?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 49 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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Representative Krug introduced a privileged resolution.
Assembly Resolution 28
Relating to: limiting the amount that the assembly may spend for contracted services in the redistricting of congressional and legislative districts.
By
Representatives Krug, Black, Bock, Travis and Huber.
To committee on Census and Redistricting.
Representative Krug moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Resolution 28 be withdrawn from the committee on Census and Redistricting and taken up at this time.
The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Resolution 28 be withdrawn from the committee on Census and Redistricting and taken up at this time?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 43.
Noes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 56.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion failed.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Olsen. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 26 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Senate Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.