The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
DATE: December 3, 2008
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Bruce J. Hoesly
Code Editor
SUBJECT: Rules published in the November 30, 2008,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 635.
The following rules have been published:
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
DATE: January 7, 2009
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Bruce J. Hoesly
Code Editor
SUBJECT: Rules published in the December 31, 2008,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 636.
The following rules have been published:
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January 8, 2009
State Representative Cory Mason
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 321 East, State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Mason:
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This letter is to advise you that I am appointing you to serve as my Assembly Finance Committee designee on the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board, as well as the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority Board of Directors, for the 2009-2010 legislative session.
Sincerely,
MARK POCAN
State Representative
Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Finance
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
November 28, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by s.
20.002 (11)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172 (3), Wisconsin Statutes) and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative cash balances during the month of October 2008.
On October 1, 2008, the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $140.8 million. This negative balance continued through October 31, 2008, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $137.0 million. The Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund cash balance reached its intra-month low of a negative $149.5 million on October 9, 2008. The negative balance was due to the transfer of $200 million to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund per
2007 Wisconsin Act 20, and the pending liquidation of fund securities necessary to offset this shortfall.
On October 1, 2008, the Workers Compensation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $1.3 million. This negative balance continued through October 31, 2008, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $1.4 million (its intra-month low). The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On October 17, 2008, the Conservation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $57.0 thousand. This negative balance continued through October 30, 2008, when the fund's cash balance closed at a positive $6.4 million. The Conservation Fund cash balance reached its intra-month low of a negative $2.4 million on October 28, 2008. The negative balance was due to a delayed transfer to the fund. On October 31, 2008, the Mediation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $2.0 thousand (its intra-month low). The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
The Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, Workers Compensation Fund, Conservation Fund, and Mediation Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitations and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL L. MORGAN
Secretary
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
December 1, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Administration has issued its contractual service purchasing report for Fiscal Year 2008 pursuant to 16.705 (8), Wis. Stats. This report also includes information on cost-benefit analyses produced by state agencies and campuses during FY08.
Again this year, state agencies reduced contracting costs. State agency contracting decreased by 5%, from $345.1 million in FY07 to $326.9 million in FY08. However, when combined with University of Wisconsin System contracting costs, overall state contracting increased by 7% in FY08, from $419.6 million in FY07 to $449.6 million in FY08. This is the first increase in overall contracting costs since FY04.
In addition, this report provides a summary of the more than 293 cost-benefit analyses prepared by state government in FY08. State agencies and campuses are required to conduct a cost-benefit analysis prior to each proposed contractual service procurement over $25,000.
The Department of Administration is committed to improving ways to provide quality services to Wisconsin citizens as efficiently and cost effectively as possible and we will continue to work on these efforts in our state contracting process.
If you have questions about this report, please contact James Langdon, Deputy Administrator, DOA Division of Enterprise Operations, at 608-267-2715.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL L. MORGAN
