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
Referred to committee on Public Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Madison
December 21, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In fulfillment of the requirements under s.
299.83 (8)(h), Wisconsin State Statutes, I am transmitting the 2010 Biennial Progress Report. Please distribute as appropriate. I am also providing a copy of the Report to the Governor and to the Chief Clerk of the Senate.
Green Tier continues to provide tools and strategies to make Wisconsin the idea state for growing the green bottom line. Businesses have weathered the economic crisis and some have even grown as a result of the working relationships and flexibility that we have been able to provide. This report not only provides some retrospective analysis of what we have done but also the insights of some very thoughtful partners about what we can do. In so doing, our hope is that the report will provide information that stimulates conversations and actions that make sustainable behavior and practices a more integral part of public policy and business practice.
Sincerely,
Matthew J. Frank
Secretary
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
December 23, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
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Pursuant to Wis. Stats. sec. 115.361 (2), the attached report is submitted to you for referral to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under Wis. Stats. sec. 13.172 (3). The report provides a collection of analyzed information about programs funded under this section along with evidence of their effectiveness. Further, this report covers a two-year
cycle and provides information on a wide-range of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse related resources, including grants, training, technical assistance, and educational materials.
If you have any questions regarding this document, please contact Kenneth Wagner at (608) 266-5181.
Sincerely,
Tony Evers, PhD
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
December 16, 2010
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed our fiscal year (FY) 2009-10 financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, as requested by the Investment Board and to fulfill our audit requirements under s.
13.94 (1)(df), Wis. Stats. The Investment Board's financial statements report the investments and investment activity for the Wisconsin Retirement System funds, the State Investment Fund, and five other smaller insurance and trust funds. The statements and our unqualified opinions on them are included in the Investment Board's FY 2009-10 Annual Report, which can be found on the Investment Board's Web site.
The retirement funds, which include the Core Retirement Investment Trust Fund and the Variable Retirement Investment Trust Fund, experienced positive investment returns in FY 2009-10. The Core Fund reported net investment income of $7.7 billion, and the Variable Fund reported net investment income of $0.6 billion. After factoring in net investment income and net contribution receipts and benefit disbursements in FY 2009-10, the net investment assets of the retirement funds as of June 30, 2010, were $64.6 billion for the Core Fund and $4.5 billion for the Variable Fund.
The State Investment Fund invests the excess operating funds of State of Wisconsin agencies, the retirement funds, and the Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool. Net investment income earned by the State Investment Fund decreased 81.4 percent, from $82.6 million in FY 2008-09 to $15.4 million in FY 2009-10 because of lower interest rates in the markets. After factoring in net investment income and net deposits and withdrawals, the State Investment Fund had a net asset balance of $6.5 billion as of June 30, 2010.
The Investment Board is also responsible for investing the assets of five insurance and trust funds: the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, the State Life Insurance Fund, the Local Government Property Insurance Fund, the Historical Society Trust Fund, and the EdVest Tuition Trust Fund. Each of these funds has different investment policies, as established by the agency responsible for the fund and the Investment Board.
Enclosed is a management letter, which includes an auditor's report on internal control over financial reporting and on compliance and other matters, as required by Government Auditing Standards. As noted in this letter, which was provided to the Investment Board, we did not identify any control or compliance concerns that are required to be reported under these standards.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
December 17, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed a financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) Television Network to meet our audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats., and as requested by ECB to fulfill the audit requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation requires audited financial statements of public broadcasting entities to determine future funding levels.
ECB, which is an agency of the State of Wisconsin, operates a television network of 5 digital stations, as well as a radio network of 14 FM stations and 1 AM station. The ECB Television Network reported $10.0 million in support and revenue during fiscal year 2009-10, including state support, member contributions, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and various other grants.
Our audit report contains the ECB Television Network's financial statements and related notes as of and for the periods ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2009. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements. However, our report on internal control and compliance includes recommendations that ECB implement additional steps to simplify its financial reporting process to prevent and detect financial statement errors and take steps to improve program change controls over its invoice system.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by ECB staff during the audit.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
December 17, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed a financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) Radio Network to meet our audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats., and as requested by ECB to fulfill the audit requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation requires audited financial statements of public broadcasting entities to determine future funding levels.
ECB, which is an agency of the State of Wisconsin, operates a radio network of 14 FM stations and 1 AM station, as well as a television network of 5 digital stations. The ECB Radio Network reported $11.2 million in support and revenue during fiscal year 2009-10, including state support, member contributions, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and various other grants.
Our audit report contains the ECB Radio Network's financial statements and related notes as of and for the periods ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2009. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements. However, our report on internal control and compliance includes recommendations that ECB implement additional steps to simplify its financial reporting process to prevent and detect financial statement errors and take steps to improve program change controls over its invoice system.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by ECB staff during the audit.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
December 17, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed a financial audit of the Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.'s Television Fund and Radio Fund, as requested by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. The Foundation was organized by the Educational Communications Board under s.
39.12 and ch.
181, Wis. Stats., on September 29, 1983, for the exclusive purpose of raising funds for the Wisconsin educational television and radio networks.
We completed this audit in conjunction with our audits of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board television and radio networks, reports 10-16 and 10-17. The Foundation's financial operations are separate and independent from the State of Wisconsin. The Foundation's financial statements are presented in two separate funds (radio and television) to accommodate reporting requirements.
Our audit report contains the Foundation's financial statements and related notes as of and for the periods ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2009. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by Educational Communications Board staff during the audit.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
December 17, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our financial audit of the State of Wisconsin as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The State's financial statements, and our unqualified audit opinion on them dated December 10, 2010, were included in the State's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, which can be found on the Department of Administration's Web site.
During the course of our audit, we identified internal control concerns that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. The enclosed management letter includes our report on internal control over financial reporting and on compliance. In that report, we make recommendations for various state agencies to improve their financial reporting and to strengthen internal controls, including those over security of computer programs and electronic data. The management letter was provided to the Department of Administration and to other agencies to which we made recommendations for improvement. We will follow up during next year's audit to determine the extent to which state agencies have addressed these concerns.
In addition, early next year, we plan to report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee certain budgetary accounting concerns identified during our audit.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Department of Administration and other state agencies during the audit.
