Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes Section
15.915 (6)(b), I have appointed Representative Don Friske to the Environmental Education Board.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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April 11, 2005
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
Please be advised that I am reappointing Representative Scott Gunderson to the State Fair Park Board.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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April 11, 2005
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
Please be advised that I am reappointing Representative Al Ott to the World Dairy Center Authority.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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April 11, 2005
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
Please be advised that, pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute Section
13.48 (2), I am reappointing Representatives Dan Vrakas and Jeff Fitzgerald to serve on the Building Commission.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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April 11, 2005
The Honorable James E. Doyle
Governor
Room 115 East
State Capitol Building
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Governor Doyle:
I am pleased to announce my appointment of Representatives Don Friske and Jeff Mursau to the Governor's Council on Forestry.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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April 11, 2005
The Honorable James E. Doyle
Governor
Room 115 East
State Capitol Building
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Governor Doyle:
Please be advised that I am reappointing Representative Mark Pettis to the Governor's Council on Tourism.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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Mr. Thomas Fletemeyer
Executive Director, Educational Communications Board
Wisconsin Public Broadcasting
3319 West Beltline Highway
Madison, Wisconsin 53713
Dear Mr. Fletemeyer:
Please be advised that, pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute Section
15.57 (4), I am reappointing Representative Ann Nischke to serve on the Educational Communications Board.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker of the Assembly
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 31, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed our financial and compliance audit of the State of Wisconsin, as requested by state agencies to meet the audit requirements of the federal Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended, and the provisions of federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133. Our audit covered the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004. In addition to satisfying federal audit requirements, the audit assists us in meeting state audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats.
Audit procedures performed at the larger state agencies that administer federal financial assistance programs, including the University of Wisconsin System, consisted of assessing the propriety of revenues and expenditures and of testing internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations related to the administration of federal grant programs. For the smaller agencies and selected University of Wisconsin campuses, our audit procedures were limited to verifying information included in the federally required State of Wisconsin Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and following up on prior-year audit findings. Our audit focused on the 27 federal grants that either exceeded the $25.2 million threshold used to define major grants or were below this threshold but were selected for review based on the risk-based assessment criteria established by the federal government.
Our report contains the auditor's reports on compliance and internal control and our unqualified audit opinion on the State of Wisconsin Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. The agency narratives contain our comments on internal control deficiencies related to the administration of federal grants, findings of noncompliance for each agency, and the results of our follow-up to prior audit findings. A summary schedule of findings and questioned costs for the current year's audit is also provided, as well as a summary of the status of findings included in our prior audit report for the State of Wisconsin (report 04-2). We note that, overall, state agencies have complied with federal grant requirements and have taken steps to address findings included in the prior-year's single audit report. However, we report internal control deficiencies and several areas of noncompliance, and we identify $237,797 in questioned costs. This amount represents a small portion of the $9.3 billion in federal financial assistance administered by the State of Wisconsin.
