Senate Clearinghouse Rule 11-007

The Honorable, The Legislature:

In accordance with s. 301.068(6), enclosed please find the Becky Young Community Corrections Recidivism Reduction Report for Fiscal Year 2011. Please distribute this report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172(3).

This report outlines some of the steps the Wisconsin Department of Corrections has taken over the past year to further our agency efforts in focusing on outcomes, research and evidence-based practices. I would like to thank our staff for their dedication and hard work in the development and implementation of the Becky Young Community Corrections Recidivism Reduction Plan. I applaud their commitment to ensuring every day that we have a safer Wisconsin.

Referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety and Urban Affairs

The Honorable, The Legislature:

The Department of Health Services is please to submit to you and the Legislature the report on Wisconsin's Public Health Emergency Preparedness. The report was prepared by the Division of Public Health, as required by 250.03(3)(b) Wis. Stats.

S400 Wisconsin's Emergency Preparedness Program continues to strengthen the foundation of preparedness through planning, workforce competency development training, and exercises. These efforts among state and local partners assure both individual agency response capability, and strong coordination for regional and statewide response. Highlights from the report, "Prepared - Protecting Wisconsin's Health: Public Health Emergency Preparedness," include:

• Extensive pandemic influenza planning, purchasing of antiviral medication and exercising plans for disease containment.

• Planning for Wisconsin's Special Populations with statewide expert input on a toolkit for local public health agencies.

• Updating Wisconsin's volunteer protection laws and activating the Wisconsin Emergency Assistance Volunteer Registry (WEAVR) to connect healthcare professional resources in a disaster.

• Testing, evaluating and improving emergency response to public health emergencies, terrorism and mass casualty events at the state, regional, local and tribal level.

These successes reflect sustained progress as well as exciting enhancements to Wisconsin's readiness to prevent, detect, investigate, control and recover from a public health emergency.

The Honorable, The Legislature:

Environmental Improvement Fund (EIF) program legislation (s.281.59(3)(bm)3, Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit to the Legislature and to the State Building Commission the final version of the EIF Biennial Finance Plan following enactment of the biennial budget. The purpose of the Plan is to provide information on loan, loan subsidy, and bonding levels for program operation in the 2011-2013 biennium.

If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan, please contact Robin Schmidt at 266-3915 or Michael Wolff at 267-2734.

Referred to joint committee on Finance.

Referred to committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

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 2011-2012 session of the legislature, visit the Government Accountability Board's web site at http://gab.wi.gov/.

Armstrong, Gertrude Wisconsin Assembly for Surgical Technology

Christianson, Peter C Entertainment Software Association (ESA)

Schimming, Brian RTI Biologics, Inc.

Schoenfeldt, Jeffrey ATTIC Correctional Services Inc

Varish, Wendy Wisconsin Chiropractic Association

Also available from the Wisconsin Government Accountability 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.

Senate Clearinghouse Rule 07-082

Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.