16.87 Approval of contracts by secretary and governor; audit.
16.88 Charges against projects.
16.89 Construction and services controlled by this chapter.
16.891 Reports on cost of occupancy of state facilities.
16.895 State-owned or operated heating, cooling or power plants.
16.897 Space and water heating systems.
16.90 Fuel for state heating, cooling or power plants.
16.91 Contracts for fuel.
16.92 Purchase of fuel, electricity, heat and chilled water.
16.93 Sale of fuel or utility service.
SUBCHAPTER VI
STATE PLANNING AND ENERGY
16.953 Energy cost reduction plans.
16.955 Energy administration.
16.957 Low-income assistance.
16.958 Air quality improvement program.
16.96 Population estimates.
16.964 Office of justice assistance.
16.9645 Interoperability council.
16.965 Planning grants to local governmental units.
16.9651 Transportation planning grants to local governmental units.
16.966 Geographic information systems.
16.967 Land information program.
16.968 Groundwater survey and analysis.
16.969 Fees for certain high-voltage transmission lines.
SUBCHAPTER VII
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
16.971 Responsibilities of department.
16.972 Powers of the department.
16.973 Duties of the department.
16.974 Powers of the department.
16.975 Access to information.
16.976 Strategic plans for executive branch agencies.
16.977 Information technology portfolio management.
16.978 Information technology management board.
16.9785 Purchases of computers by teachers.
16.979 Telecommunications operations and planning.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
FEDERAL RESOURCE ACQUISITION
16.98 Federal resource acquisition.
16.981 Transfer of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER IX
TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
16.993 Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin; departmental duties.
16.995 Educational technology infrastructure financial assistance.
16.997 Educational telecommunications access program.
16.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
16.001
16.001
Organization of department. 16.001(1)
(1)
Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are to conserve the state's resources by coordinating management services and providing effective aid to agencies of the state government; to present clearly defined alternatives and objectives of state programs and policies so that the state's agencies, the governor and the legislature may plan cooperatively and finance the services which the state will provide for its citizens; to help the state's agencies furnish the agreed upon services as efficiently and effectively as possible, avoiding any duplication of effort or waste of money; to assure the legislature and the governor that the services are being provided to the public at the agreed upon quantity, quality and cost; and to anticipate and resolve administrative and financial problems faced by the agencies, governor and legislature of the state.
16.001(2)
(2) Liberal construction of statutes. Statutes applicable to the department of administration shall be construed liberally in aid of the purposes declared in
sub. (1).
16.002
16.002
Definitions. In this chapter:
16.002(1)
(1) "Department" means the department of administration.
16.002(2)
(2) "Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including authorities created in
subch. II of ch. 114 or
subch. III of ch. 149 or in
ch. 231,
232,
233,
234,
237,
238, or
279.
16.002 Note
NOTE: Sub. (2) is shown as affected by
2011 Wis. Acts 10 and
229 and as merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (2) (i).
16.002(3)
(3) "Position" means a group of duties and responsibilities in either the classified or the unclassified divisions of the civil service, which require the services of an employee on a part-time or full-time basis.
16.002(4)
(4) "Secretary" means the secretary of administration.
16.003
16.003
Department of administration. 16.003(1)
(1)
Purpose. The department shall carry out the purposes of this chapter by improving the techniques used for such management specialties, not limited by enumeration, as budgeting, accounting, engineering, purchasing, records management and fleet management; by coordinating and providing services which are used by more than one agency, and by reviewing agencies' programs and management to identify problems and suggest improvements.
16.003(2)
(2) Staff. Except as provided in
ss. 16.548,
16.57,
978.03 (1),
(1m) and
(2),
978.04 and
978.05 (8) (b), the secretary shall appoint the staff necessary for performing the duties of the department. All staff shall be appointed under the classified service except as otherwise provided by law.
16.004
16.004
Secretary, powers and duties. 16.004(1)
(1)
Rules. The secretary shall promulgate rules for administering the department and performing the duties assigned to it.
16.004(2)
(2) Information; reports; recommendations. The secretary shall furnish all information requested by the governor or by any member of the legislature.
16.004(3)(a)(a) The department, when directed by the governor, shall investigate any irregularities, and all phases of operating cost and functions, of executive or administrative agencies so as to determine the feasibility of consolidating, creating or rearranging agencies for the purpose of effecting the elimination of unnecessary state functions, avoiding duplication, reducing the cost of administration and increasing efficiency.
16.004(3)(b)
(b) The secretary may hold either public or private hearings to inform the secretary of any matters relating to the secretary's functions and for that purpose shall be clothed with the powers relating to witnesses given by
s. 885.01 (4) and
s. 885.12 shall apply.
16.004(4)
(4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies and authorities created under
subch. II of ch. 114 and
subch. III of ch. 149 and under
chs. 231,
233,
234,
237,
238, and
279, and may examine their books and accounts and any other matter that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may interrogate the agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.
16.004(5)
(5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and authorities created under
subch. II of ch. 114 and
subch. III of ch. 149 and under
chs. 231,
233,
234,
237,
238, and
279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate with the secretary and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to his or her functions.
16.004(6)
(6) Management audits. The secretary shall periodically make management audits of agencies, utilizing teams of specialists in the fields of purchasing, personnel, accounting, budgeting, space utilization, forms design and control, records management, and any other specialties necessary to effectively appraise all management practices, operating procedures and organizational structures.
16.004(7)
(7) Personnel management information system. 16.004(7)(a)(a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a personnel management information system which shall be used to furnish the governor, the legislature and the office of state employment relations with current information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items for all civil service employees, except employees of the office of the governor, the courts and judicial branch agencies, and the legislature and legislative service agencies. It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Wisconsin System provide position and other information to the department and the legislature, which includes appropriate data on each position, facilitates accountability for each authorized position and traces each position over time. Nothing in this paragraph may be interpreted as limiting the authority of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to allocate and reallocate positions by funding source within the legally authorized levels.
16.004(7)(b)
(b) When requested by the joint committee on finance, the secretary shall report to the committee on the compliance of each agency in the executive branch in providing the data necessary for operation of the personnel management information system.
16.004(8)(am)
(am) The secretary shall maintain a system of rental policies for state-owned housing administered by all agencies and shall periodically review the system for possible changes. Whenever the secretary proposes to change rental policies other than rental rates, the secretary shall submit a report relating to the system to the joint committee on finance. The report shall include any changes in rental policies recommended by the secretary.
16.004(8)(b)
(b) The joint committee on finance, following its review, may approve or disapprove rental policies submitted under
par. (am). Any changes in rental policies shall be effective upon approval or at such time following approval as may be specified in the secretary's submittal.
16.004(8)(c)
(c) Notwithstanding
par. (b), if the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the recommended changes in rental policies contained in the report submitted under
par. (am) within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, the secretary may implement any recommended changes in rental policies contained in the report. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the recommended changes in rental policies contained in the report, the secretary may implement the recommended changes only with the approval of the committee.
16.004(8)(d)
(d) The system established under
par. (am) shall include a procedure for review of the need to retain state-owned housing units and possible disposition of such units. The secretary shall submit recommendations regarding the disposition of any housing units to the building commission.
