16.971(9)(9)In conjunction with the public defender board, the director of state courts, the departments of corrections and justice, and district attorneys, the department may maintain, promote, and coordinate automated justice information systems that are compatible among counties and the officers and agencies specified in this subsection, using the moneys appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (dm), (kh), and (kq). The department shall annually report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) concerning the department’s efforts to improve and increase the efficiency of integration of justice information systems.
16.971(10)(10)The department shall maintain, and provide the department of justice with general access to, a case management system that allows district attorneys to manage all case-related information and share the information among prosecutors.
16.971(11)(11)The department may charge executive branch agencies for information technology development and management services provided to them by the department under this section.
16.971(13)(13)Provide juvenile correctional facilities, school districts, and cooperative educational service agencies with telecommunications access under s. 16.997 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
16.971(14)(14)Provide private colleges, technical college districts, public library boards, public library systems, and public museums with telecommunications access under s. 16.997 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
16.971(15)(15)Provide private schools and tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), with telecommunications access under s. 16.997 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
16.971(16)(16)Provide the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with telecommunications access under s. 16.997 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
16.971(17)(17)Provide educational agencies that are eligible for a rate discount on telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 with additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
16.971 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 261; Stats. 1971 s. 16.96; Stats. 1971 s. 16.97; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 196 s. 130 (3); 1979 c. 34, 221; 1981 c. 20; 1987 a. 142; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39 ss. 180b, 192b; Stats. 1991 s. 16.971; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 ss. 324, 331, 408 to 423m, 9126 (19); 1995 a. 417; 1997 a. 27, 36; 1999 a. 9, 29, 32; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 1999 a. 185, 186; 2001 a. 16 ss. 349 to 360; Stats. 2001 s. 22.03; 2001 a. 104; 2003 a. 33 ss. 234d to 238d, 757 to 767; Stats. 2003 s. 16.971; 2005 a. 25, 220, 344; 2007 a. 20 ss. 128c to 128m, 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 302; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20, 323; 2017 a. 3, 59; 2023 a. 19.
16.97216.972Powers of the department.
16.972(1)(1)In this section:
16.972(1)(ag)(ag) “Qualified museum” means a nonprofit or publicly owned museum that has an educational mission.
16.972(1)(b)(b) “Qualified postsecondary institution” means a regionally accredited 4-year nonprofit college or university having its regional headquarters and principal place of business in this state or a tribally controlled college located in this state.
16.972(1)(c)(c) “Qualified private school” means a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), operating elementary or high school grades.
16.972(1)(cm)(cm) “Qualified tribal school” means a tribal school as defined in s. 115.001 (15m).
16.972(1)(d)(d) “Qualified zoo” means a bona fide publicly owned zoo that has an educational mission.
16.972(2)(2)The department may:
16.972(2)(a)(a) Provide such telecommunications services to agencies as the department considers to be appropriate. An agency may use telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services, provided to the agency by or through the department only for the purpose of carrying out its functions. No agency may offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services, that are available from a private telecommunications carrier to the general public or to any other public or private entity.
16.972(2)(b)(b) Except as provided in par. (a), provide such computer services and telecommunications services to local governmental units and the broadcasting corporation and provide such telecommunications services to qualified private schools, tribal schools, postsecondary institutions, museums, and zoos, as the department considers to be appropriate and as the department can efficiently and economically provide. The department may exercise this power only if in doing so it maintains the services it provides at least at the same levels that it provides prior to exercising this power and it does not increase the rates chargeable to users served prior to exercise of this power as a result of exercising this power. The department may charge local governmental units, the broadcasting corporation, and qualified private schools, tribal schools, postsecondary institutions, museums, and zoos, for services provided to them under this paragraph in accordance with a methodology determined by the department. Use of telecommunications services by a qualified private school, tribal school, or postsecondary institution shall be subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to a municipality using the same services. The department shall prescribe eligibility requirements for qualified museums and zoos to receive telecommunications services under this paragraph.
16.972(2)(c)(c) Provide such supercomputer services to agencies, local governmental units and entities in the private sector as the department considers to be appropriate and as the department can efficiently and economically provide. The department may exercise this power only if in doing so it maintains the services it provides at least at the same levels that it provides prior to exercising this power and it does not increase the rates chargeable to users served prior to exercise of this power as a result of exercising this power. The department may charge agencies, local governmental units and entities in the private sector for services provided to them under this paragraph in accordance with a methodology determined by the department.
16.972(2)(d)(d) Undertake such studies, contract for the performance of such studies, and appoint such councils and committees for advisory purposes as the department considers appropriate to ensure that the department’s plans, capital investments and operating priorities meet the needs of agencies local governmental units and entities in the private sector served by the department. The department may compensate members of any council or committee for their services and may reimburse such members for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
16.972(2)(e)(e) Provide technical services to agencies in making hardware acquisitions to be used for computer services.
16.972(2)(f)(f) Acquire, operate, and maintain any information technology equipment or systems required by the department to carry out its functions, and provide information technology development and management services related to those information technology systems. The department may assess executive branch agencies, other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, for the costs of equipment or systems acquired, operated, maintained, or provided or services provided under this paragraph in accordance with a methodology determined by the department. The department may also charge any agency for such costs as a component of any services provided by the department to the agency.
16.972(2)(g)(g) Assume direct responsibility for the planning and development of any information technology system in the executive branch of state government outside of the University of Wisconsin System that the department determines to be necessary to effectively develop or manage the system, with or without the consent of any affected executive branch agency. The department may charge any executive branch agency for the department’s reasonable costs incurred in carrying out its functions under this paragraph on behalf of that agency.
16.972(2)(h)(h) Establish master contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services relating to information technology or telecommunications for use by agencies, authorities, local governmental units, or entities in the private sector. The department may require any executive branch agency, other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, to make any purchases of materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services relating to information technology or telecommunications that are included under the contract pursuant to the terms of the contract.
16.972(2)(i)(i) Accept gifts, grants, and bequests, to be used for the purposes for which made, consistently with applicable laws.
16.972 HistoryHistory: 2001 a. 16 ss. 361 to 365, 1029; Stats. 2001 s. 22.05; 2003 a. 33 ss. 768 to 776; Stats. 2003 s. 16.972; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 302.
16.97316.973Duties of the department. The department shall:
16.973(1)(1)Provide or contract with a public or private entity to provide computer services to agencies. The department may charge agencies for services provided to them under this subsection in accordance with a methodology determined by the department.