Capital Finance Director
Department of Administration
Debra K. Martinelli
Director, Bureau of Community Financial Assistance, Department of Natural Resources
Referred to committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
November 15, 2007
The Honorable, The Senate:
Attached please find the Department of Administration's contractual service purchasing report for Fiscal Year 2007 pursuant to §
16.705(8), Wis. Stats. This report also includes information on cost-benefit analyses produced by state agencies and campuses during FY07. I am pleased to announce positive results that inure to the benefit of state taxpayers.
The State of Wisconsin significantly reduced contracting costs in FY07. Overall contracting decreased from $489.8 million in FY06 to $419.6 million in FY07. These results represent a one-year reduction of more than $70 million, or 14%, and continue a longer-term downward trend in state contracting. Contractual services represented 2.6% of total state operation costs in FY07.
In addition, state government in FY07 fully implemented cost-benefit legislation signed by Governor Doyle in January 2006. Wisconsin Act 89 requires state agencies and campuses to conduct a cost-benefit analysis prior to each proposed contractual service procurement over $25,000. This report includes a summary of the more than 240 cost-benefit analyses produced during FY07.
These results are consistent with Governor Doyle's directives to make government run more resourcefully. State government will continue to seek ways to reduce costs, eliminate inefficiencies, and create sustainable sources of savings for state and local governments.
If you have questions about this report, please contact James Langdon, Deputy Administrator, DOA Division of Enterprise Operations, at 267-2715.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Morgan
Secretary
Referred to joint committee on Finance.
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