Read and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
June 23, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Kilkenny, Thomas,
of Brookfield, as a member of the Accounting Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
July 5, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2005 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Beiriger, Jeffrey J Wisconsin Underground
Contractors Association
Block, Mark Americans For Prosperity
Broydrick, William Wisconsin Voluntary Trial Judges Association
Handrick, Joey Wisconsin Right to Life Inc
Mettner, Michelle Wisconsin Voluntary Trial Judges Association
Palmer, Todd Printing Industries of Wisconsin
Pickens, Lorri Americans For Prosperity
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
Department of Health and Family Services
July 1, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am proud to submit, as required by s.
22.04(11), Wis. Stats., the Wisconsin Immunization Program Annual Report. The State has made important progress towards attaining the goals in Governor Doyle's KidsFirst Initiative and the Healthiest Wisconsin 2020.
Wisconsin continues to maintain high immunization levels. The national immunization survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrates that 81.2% of Wisconsin's two-year old children have received their primary vaccination series, compared to 79.4% for the rest of the nation. During State fiscal year 2005, over $14 million worth of federally funded vaccines were distributed to public and private health care providers through the state.
The new Governor's hallmark card program that began in January 2004 continues to emphasize the importance of early immunizations. The brightly colored cards are signed by both the Governor and First Lady and are mailed to all parents of newborn children who are 6 weeks of age. The card contains information on where childhood immunizations are available and a reminder encouraging parents to begin and to keep their children on schedule. Approximately 68,000 cards were mailed in calendar year 2004.
The Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) continues to grow in participation and enhancements. The registry is a secure internet database that records and tracks the immunization data of Wisconsin's children, no matter where the immunizations are administered. The WIR currently provides immunization information to providers, and in the future will provide the same information to parents to help them keep track of their children's immunizations. To date, over 11,000 users are on the registry and over 3.5 million client records are recorded. The addition of the Geographic Information System (GIS) software offers an exciting tool that will allow providers to reconcile addresses and analyze pockets of need. GIS will help the Department target areas of the state in need of immunization services.
I am pleased with the progress Wisconsin is making in raising immunization rates. At the same time, we cannot, and we will not, rest on our success. We are committed to working with our partners in both the public and private sector to ensure that vaccine preventable diseases become and remain a thing of the past. Our children need and deserve the healthiest state in which to live and our best efforts to protect them from preventable illness.
Sincerely,
HELENE NELSON
Secretary
