Bies, Garey
Nerison, Lee
Petryk, Warren
Milroy, Nick *
Radcliffe, Mark
Sinicki, Christine
Ringhand, Janis
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Ways and Means (7, 4) Thursday (Even)
Huebsch, Mike (Chair) (resigned 1-3-11)
Kerkman, Samantha (switched from Vice-chair to Chair effective 1-5-11)
Nass, Stephen
Petersen, Kevin
Knodl, Dan
Endsley, Mike
Ziegelbauer, Bob
Staskunas, Tony *
Toles, Barbara
Steinbrink, John
Zamarripa, JoCasta
Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (3, 2)
Ott, Jim (Co-chair)
Meyer, Dan
LeMahieu, Daniel
Hebl, Gary *
Kessler, Fred
Joint Committee on Audit (3, 2)
Kerkman, Samantha (Co-chair)
Vos, Robin
Petersen, Kevin
Jorgensen, Andy *
Richards, Jon
Joint Committee on Employment Relations (3, 1)
Fitzgerald, Jeff (Co-chair)
Suder, Scott
Vos, Robin
Barca, Peter *
Joint Committee on Finance (6, 2)
Vos, Robin (Co-chair)
Meyer, Dan (Vice-chair)
Strachota, Pat
LeMahieu, Daniel
Nygren, John
Kleefisch, Joel
Grigsby, Tamara *
Shilling, Jennifer
Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (3, 2)
Fitzgerald, Jeff (Co-chair)
Suder, Scott
Knodl, Dan
Barca, Peter *
Seidel, Donna
Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems (2)
Kramer, Bill (Co-chair)
Ziegelbauer, Bob (I)
Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions (2, 1)
Knodl, Dan (Co-chair)
Van Roy, Karl
Turner, Robert *
Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties (1, 1)
Kleefisch, Joel (Co-chair)
Turner, Robert *
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Executive Communications
January 3, 2011
The Honorable Jeff Fitzgerald
Speaker of the Assembly
Room 211 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
The Honorable Michael Ellis
President of the Senate
Room 220 South, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53707
Dear Speaker Fitzgerald and President Ellis:
I respectfully request your approval pursuant to sec. 16.45, Stats. of February 22, 2011 as the date that I will deliver my budget address to the Legislature.
Sincerely,
Scott Walker
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
Executive Order Number 2
Relating to the Creation of the Governor's Commission on Waste, Fraud and Abuse
WHEREAS, Wisconsin's biennial budget has increased 33 percent to $62 billion during Governor Doyle's two terms in office;
WHEREAS, a Pew Center for the States study found that Wisconsin is currently one of the nation's 10 states in the most perilous fiscal condition;
WHEREAS, waste, fraud and abuse in state government has gone largely unchecked during the last 8 years as evidenced by the following:
1. According to figures released by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, fraudulent unemployment insurance claims rose from $4.7 million in 2007 to $17.7 million in 2009 while overpayments that did not result from fraud rose from $13.4 million to $33.4 million.
2. According to a report by the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, fraud in the Wisconsin Shares child care program cost the state $20 million in 2008 due to problems like illegal immigrants receiving compensation and false child care logs.
3. According to federal data, while enrollment in Wisconsin's food stamp program, FoodShare, doubled to 700,000 between 2003 and 2008, fraud investigations fell from 5,400 to 3,200. Minnesota and Michigan performed at least 85% more fraud investigations and while Wisconsin prosecuted 20 fraud cases in 2007, Minnesota prosecuted over 1,000 and Michigan, 2,400.
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4. According to a report by the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, the state paid $66.5 million in overtime wages in 2008, with 25 state employees earning more than $50,000 in overtime.
5. According to a 2007 Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau report, the Doyle Administration officials halted an incomplete IT overhaul at the Department of Workforce Development after five years of work and $23.6 million. Another $28.2 million was spent on the Department of Revenue's Integrated Tax System and $26 million on the University of Wisconsin payroll system before the state abandoned both projects.
