The following bills, originating in the Assembly, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Assembly Bill 518147March 23, 2012
Assembly Bill 104149March 23, 2012
Assembly Bill 383152March 23, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Walker
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
March 26, 2012
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
The following bill, originating in the Assembly, has been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Assembly Bill 229154March 26, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Walker
Governor
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Communications
March 20, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Patrick:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2011-12 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2011-12 Special Committee on Infant Mortality
(2011 Senate Bill 532 and 2011 Assembly Bill 693)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of these reports are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc.
Terry C. Anderson
Joint Legislative Council
Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
Assembly Bill 518147April 6, 2012
Assembly Bill 104149April 6, 2012
Assembly Bill 383152April 6, 2012
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Office of Justice Assistance
Madison
March 20, 2012
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 13.172 (2), I am pleased to submit the annual report of the Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing (WIJIS) program to the legislature.
Wisconsin Statutes 16.971(9) provides the basis for state coordination of automated justice information systems among state and local criminal justice agencies. The Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance (OJA) housed within the Department of Administration (DOA) has primary responsibility for carrying out this statute.
2011 was a transitional year for the WIJIS program. For the first time, the 2011-2013 biennial budget included stable state funding for staff needed to maintain and operate existing WIJIS products and to fulfill the legislative directive for statewide coordination of automated justice sharing.
The breadth of the justice system (from arrest to community corrections, and all the steps in between) makes a statewide-strategic vision of justice information sharing essential. As an independent and neutral state criminal justice agency that does not have an operational role in the daily administration of justice, OJA is uniquely positioned to facilitate the statewide strategic vision necessary to improve information sharing among the many state and local systems that drive justice system operations.
WIJIS has two main operational products. The Justice Gateway is a web-based search tool that can access multiple data sources stored by local and state agencies in separate data systems at the same time. Workflow Services routes justice information among criminal justice professionals; Workflow Services is a flexible technology that is applicable to solving many justice business process challenges. Additional data submitters and users continue to be added to the Justice Gateway; existing applications of Workflow Services (like eCitations) are well established, and new uses for Workflow Services are in production.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
John Murray
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
