The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Office of State Employment Relations
Madison
November 22, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am pleased to forward the Fiscal Year 2010 report on employment of customers of the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program. Included in this report are the number of W-2 job seekers employed by each state agency and the classification of each position filled from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. Of the 1,750 new hires to state employment, 97 or 5.1 percent were W-2 hires. This exceeds the state's hiring goal of 2 percent.
Attached is a copy of the W-2 Hiring Report. Please contact Claire Dehnert at (608) 267-1005 or email
Claire.dehnert@wisconsin.gov if you have questions or need additional information regarding this report.
Sincerely,
Sheila Conroy
Director
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
November 23, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Attached please find the Department of Administration's (DOA) Contractual Services Purchasing Report for Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) pursuant to §
16.705 (8), Wis. Stats. I am pleased to announce positive results that benefit state taxpayers.
The State of Wisconsin reduced contracting costs again in FY10. Overall contracting decreased from $437.3 million in Fiscal Year 2009 to $417.2 million in FY10. These results represent a one-year reduction of more than $20 million or 4.8%, and continue a longer term downward trend in state contracting.
State agencies successfully renegotiated service contracts and/or reduced service requirements to achieve savings. In addition, DOA's State Bureau of Procurement initiated new processes requiring all enterprise-wide contracts to undergo mandatory renegotiations with each contractor to lower pricing at each renewal term.
This report also includes information on cost-benefit analyses produced by state agencies and campuses during FY10. As a result of 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 any proposed contractual service procurement over $25,000. A summary of the 358 cost-benefit analyses produced during FYlO is included in this report.
As directed by the Governor's
2009 Act 28 veto message, the Department of Administration's Division of Legal Services and State Bureau of Procurement, along with the Office of State Employment Relations, have established a quarterly process to review and monitor contracting activity. This effort is to ensure that contractor positions do not replace state workers who had been laid off or furloughed.
Our Fiscal Year 2010 results are consistent with Governor Doyle's directives to make government run more resourcefully. State government will continue to pursue 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 Jim Langdon, Acting Administrator, DOA Division of Enterprise Operations, at 261-6357.
Sincerely,
Daniel J. Schooff
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
November 24, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending September 30, 2010, as required by s.
565.37 (3), Wis. Stats. The attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year-to-date Revenue and Expenditure information.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Roger M. Ervin
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
December 3, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Public Instruction (DPl) is submitting the 2009 annual report on the status of bilingual-bicultural education programs as required under s.
115.996, Wis. Stats. The report provides data from the state-aided bilingual-bicultural education programs for the 2009 fiscal year (July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009).
This annual report presents details on the state's administration and funding of bilingual education in Wisconsin, including:
• the number of pupils served in bilingual-bicultural education programs for each language group by school district;
• the cost of the program per pupil for each school district; and
• the number of pupils in each school district and language group who as a result of participation in a bilingual-bicultural education program improved their English language ability and no longer need program services.
In addition, the report comments on factors contributing to program growth.
Sincerely,
Tony Evers, PhD
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
December 6, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
20.907 (1m) of the Wis. Stats. requires the Department to submit a report on expenditures made by the agency during the preceding fiscal year from nonfederal funds received as gifts, grants, bequests or devises. The expenditure report is attached. In addition, the Department has no in-kind contributions to report.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
December 15, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Health Services (DHS) is pleased to provide you this annual report of plans and progress in addressing food insecurity, as required under s.
49.76 (4) and
(5).
Highlights from the report include:
○ The Wisconsin Food Security Consortium remained active during 2010 despite critical staffing challenges:
•Kadi Row, the Food Security Coordinator for UW Extension and Lead for the Consortium, resigned earlier this year. DHS attempted to identify resources to assume leadership of the Consortium, since UW Extension will not be able to do so.
•The Consortium made efforts to visit different areas of the state to study local issues that have an impact on food security. The Consortium met August 11 with the Hunger Prevention Coalition for Eau Claire County, and had the pleasure of also visiting the Community Table meal site and two local community gardens.
•The Steering Committee met monthly and added new members representing two critical food security programs (FoodShare and DPI school meals).
○ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided resources to strengthen Wisconsin's food assistance safety net:
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•TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) provided $1.6 million in food to distribute through food pantries, soup kitchens and meal sites; and over $800,000 for distribution, storage, and program costs.
•FoodShare benefits were increased in April 2009 as a result of ARRA. Through July of 2010, about $258 million was added to Wisconsin FoodShare benefits.
○ Wisconsin FoodShare Program:
•Monthly average participation increased from 595,025 in 2009 to 737,393 (January through October 2010).
•More than 200 community leaders and partners dedicated to ending hunger in Wisconsin attended the first annual FoodShare outreach conference, "Swipe Out Hunger: Putting Food on Your Table and Money in your Community Through Food Share."
○ USDA recently released the Household Food Security in the United States, 2009. Wisconsin food insecurity increased from 10.1% (2006-2008) to 11.4% (2007-2009); very low food security (also known as hunger) increased from 3.7% to 4.4% for the same time period.
These successes and challenges indicate the need for continued commitment by DHS to fight hunger in Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
December 20, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed please find the Medical College of Wisconsin's (MCW) annual report for the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Program. This Program is funded through the Wisconsin income tax checkoff created by the 2003 Wisconsin ACT 176 (breast cancer) and the 2005 Wisconsin ACT 460 (prostate cancer). The law requires that MCW use this money for breast and prostate cancer research and to report annually on the use of funds.
This document reports activities, projects and research funded through the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Program at MCW for the period of July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010. If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please contact me at 414-955-8217.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Kuhn
Vice President
Government and Community Relations
