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WI Stat § 16.545 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.545 - Federal aid management service.

16.545  Federal aid management service. A federal aids management service shall be established in the department of administration: (1) To fully inform the governor, the legislature, state agencies and the public of available federal aid programs. (2) To fully inform the governor and the legislature of pending federal aid legislation. (3) To advise the governor and the legislature of alternative and recommended methods of administering federal aid programs. (4) To study and interpret the effect of federal aid programs on the administration of state government and the pattern of state government finances. (5) To assist in the coordination of broad federal aid programs which are administered by more than one state agency. (6) To maintain an information center on federal aid programs. (7) To analyze and advise on proposed federal aid budgets submitted to the governor and the joint committee on finance under s. 16.54 (5). (8) To serve as the state central information reception center for the receipt and dissemination of such federal grant-in-aid information as provided by federal agencies pursuant to section 201 of the federal intergovernmental cooperation act of 1968. The department shall report all such information to the governor and to the joint committee on finance. (9) To initiate contacts with the federal government for the purpose of facilitating participation by agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (1e), in federal aid programs, to assist those agencies in applying for such aid, and to facilitate influencing the federal government to make policy changes that will be beneficial to this state. The department may assess an agency to which it provides services under this subsection a fee for the expenses incurred by the department in providing those services.History:  1975 c. 39; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (3); 1983 a. 308, 538; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33.
WI Stat § 16.548 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.548 - Federal-state relations office; report.

16.548  Federal-state relations office; report. (1) The department may maintain a federal-state relations office in Washington, D.C., for the purpose of promoting federal-state cooperation, headed by a director. The director and a staff assistant for the office shall be appointed by the governor outside the classified service, subject to the concurrence of the joint committee on legislative organization. The director and staff assistant shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. (2) If the department maintains a federal-state relations office, it shall submit a report from the office to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), within 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter detailing the activities of the office during the quarter and reporting the status of federal legislation of concern to the legislature and other state agencies. (3) The department may arrange for the federal-state relations office to share office facilities with a similar office serving another state.History:  1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 27, 192; 1987 a. 186.
WI Stat § 16.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.55 - Frauds and uncollectible shortages.

16.55  Frauds and uncollectible shortages. The head of each agency shall immediately provide to the secretary any information within his or her knowledge or evidence in his or her possession concerning any suspected fraudulent use of appropriations or embezzlement of moneys in the custody of the agency or any officer or employee thereof. The attorney general shall investigate and, on or before March 1 of each odd-numbered year, notify the department of the sums of money embezzled from the several state accounts during the prior 2 years indicating the amounts uncollected and uncollectible. The department shall cause a bill to be prepared appropriating from the several state funds the amounts necessary to liquidate the uncollectible shortages in state accounts caused by such embezzlement, and submit such bill to the joint committee on finance for introduction.History:  1981 c. 20.
WI Stat § 16.56 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.56 - Grain inspection funding.

16.56  Grain inspection funding. On June 30 of each fiscal year, the department shall determine whether the accumulated expenses for the inspection and certification of grain under s. 93.06 (1m) have exceeded the accumulated revenues from conducting that inspection and certification as of that date. If so, immediately before the end of the fiscal year, the department shall transfer the unencumbered balances in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.115 (1) (a), (2) (a), (3) (a), (7) (a), and (8) (a), up to the amount of the excess, to the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (1) (h).History:  2005 a. 25.
WI Stat § 16.58 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.58 - Services to units of local government.

16.58  Services to units of local government. (1) The department shall provide management and personnel consultative and technical assistance to units of government other than the state and may charge for those services. (2) The department may request technical and staff assistance from other state agencies in providing management and personnel consultative services to those units of government. (3) The department may provide financial consulting services to a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229. History:  1979 c. 361; 2015 a. 60.
WI Stat § 16.60 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.60 - Services to nonprofit corporations.

16.60  Services to nonprofit corporations. (1) The department of administration may provide, on a reimbursable basis, financial and management services for nonprofit corporations with which the state or its agencies has entered into leases and subleases for the construction and leasing of projects. Services provided under this section shall be in accordance with the request of the building commission as to the type and scope of service requested, the civil service range of the employee or employees assigned to them and the total reimbursement to be charged by the department of administration to the nonprofit corporations. (2) The department or the legislature or any person delegated by the legislature may inspect and examine or cause an inspection and examination of all records relating to the construction of projects that are, or are to be, financed by a nonprofit corporation and leased or subleased by any state agency. (3) The secretary or the secretary's designated representative shall serve in an advisory capacity to and be a nonvoting member of any nonprofit corporation with which the state or its agencies has entered into leases and subleases for the construction and leasing of projects.History:  1983 a. 36 s. 96 (4); 1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 16.611 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.611 - State public records; optical disc and electronic storage.

16.611  State public records; optical disc and electronic storage. (1) In this section, “public records" has the meaning given under s. 16.61 (2) (b). (2) (a) The department shall prescribe, by rule, procedures for the transfer of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority to optical disc or electronic format and for the maintenance of such records stored in optical disc or electronic format, including procedures to ensure the authenticity, accuracy, reliability, and accessibility of any public records or records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority or of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority so transferred and procedures to ensure that such records are protected from unauthorized destruction.(b) The department shall prescribe, by rule, procedures governing the operation of its optical disc and electronic storage facility under s. 16.62 (1) (bm).(c) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for optical discs and for copies of documents generated from optical discs used to store public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.(d) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for the storage of public records in electronic format and for copies of public records stored in electronic format. (3) Prior to submitting any proposed rule prescribed under sub. (2) to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1), the department shall refer the proposed rule to the public records board for its recommendations.History:  1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27, 216; 2005 a. 335; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 16.612 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.612 - Local government records; optical disc and electronic storage standards.

16.612  Local government records; optical disc and electronic storage standards. (1) In this section, “local governmental unit" has the meaning given under s. 19.42 (7u). (2) (a) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for optical discs and for copies of documents generated from optical discs used to store materials filed with local governmental units. Prior to submitting any such rule to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1), the department shall refer the rule to the public records board for its recommendations.(b) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for the storage of public records in electronic format and for copies of documents generated from electronically stored materials filed with local governmental units. Prior to submitting any such rule to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1), the department shall refer the rule to the public records board for its recommendations.History:  1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 172; 1995 a. 27; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 16.62 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.62 - Records management service.

16.62  Records management service. (1) The department shall establish and maintain a records management service:(a) To advise and assist state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the establishment and operation of records management programs through the issuance of standards and procedures and provision of technical and management consulting services.(b) To operate a state records center and a central microfilm facility for state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and to promulgate rules necessary for efficient operation of the facilities.(bm) To operate a storage facility for storage of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in optical disc or electronic format in accordance with rules, promulgated by the department under s. 16.611, governing operation of the facility. (c) To periodically audit the records management programs of state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and recommend improvements in records management practices. (2) The department may establish user charges for records storage and retrieval services, with any moneys collected to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (im) or (kb). Such charges shall be structured to encourage efficient utilization of the services. (3) The department may establish user fees for the services of the public records board. Any moneys collected shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kb).History:  1975 c. 41, 224; Stats. 1975 s. 16.62; 1977 c. 29, 418; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (1) (b), (c); 1979 c. 175; 1981 c. 350; 1983 a. 27 ss. 87, 88, 1804 to 1806; 1985 a. 180 s. 30m; 1987 a. 27; 1987 a. 147 s. 25; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27, 216; 2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 16.643 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.643 - Support accounts for persons with disabilities.

16.643  Support accounts for persons with disabilities. (1) Termination of account. Upon the death of an account owner whose account is part of a qualified ABLE program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code, the account shall terminate, and upon such termination any amount remaining in the account shall be recoverable by the state under s. 49.849 as property of a decedent that is recoverable under that statute. Any amount that remains in the account following such recovery under s. 49.849 shall be paid to the account owner's estate. Recovery authorized under this subsection may relate only to public assistance received by a beneficiary on and after the date on which an account is established. (2)  Eligibility for long-term care programs. A person who is determining eligibility for an individual for a long-term care program under s. 46.275 or 46.277, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, the family care partnership program, the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1), or any other demonstration program or program operated under a waiver of federal medicaid law that provides long-term care benefits shall exclude from the determination any income from assets accumulated in an account that is part of a qualified ABLE program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.History:  2015 a. 55, 312; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 16.701 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.701 - Subscription service and procurement system.

16.701  Subscription service and procurement system. (1) The department may provide a subscription service containing current information of interest to prospective vendors concerning state procurement opportunities. If the department provides the service, the department shall assist small businesses, as defined in s. 16.75 (4) (c), who are prospective vendors in accessing and using the service by providing facilities or services to the businesses. The department may charge a fee for any such service. The department shall prescribe the amount of any fee by rule. (1m) The department may provide an electronic procurement system to manage all aspects of procurement under this subchapter. The electronic procurement system may supplement or supplant the subscription service under sub. (1), and the department may permit prospective vendors to provide product or service information, as provided in sub. (2), through the electronic procurement system. If the department provides an electronic procurement system under this subsection, the department may require that an agency use the system. The department may assess agencies and vendors for the costs of the system under this subsection in accordance with a method the department develops.  (2) The department may permit prospective vendors to provide product or service information through the service established under sub. (1). The department may prescribe fees or establish fees through a competitive process for the use of the service under this subsection.History:  1995 a. 27, 351; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 16.7015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.7015 - Bidders list.

16.7015  Bidders list. The department may maintain a bidders list. The bidders list shall include the names and addresses of all persons who request to be notified of bids or competitive sealed proposals, excluding those to be awarded under s. 16.75 (1) (c) or (2m) (c), that are solicited by the department or other agency for the procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services under this subchapter. Any bidders list may include the names and addresses of any person who requests to be notified of bids or competitive sealed proposals that are solicited by any agency. The department or other agency shall notify each person on the bidders list of all bids or competitive sealed proposals that are solicited by the department or other agency. The department may remove any person from the bidders list for cause. History:  1995 a. 351; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 16.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.73 - Cooperative purchasing.

16.73  Cooperative purchasing. (1) The department may enter into an agreement with a municipality or group of municipalities, and municipalities may enter into agreements with each other, under which any of the parties may agree to participate in, administer, sponsor or conduct purchasing transactions under a joint contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, permanent personal property, miscellaneous capital or contractual services. This subsection does not apply to construction contracts that are subject to s. 16.855 or 66.0901. (2) The department may purchase and store in warehouses articles that may be needed by agencies and municipalities. The department may sell stored articles to municipalities at cost. (3) The department may, upon request, make available to municipalities technical purchasing information including, but not limited to, standard forms, manuals, product specifications and standards and contracts or published summaries of contracts, including price and delivery information. (4) (a) When it is in the best interest of the state and consistent with competitive purchasing practices, the department may enter into agreements with purchasing agents of any other state or the federal government under which any of the parties may agree to participate in, administer, sponsor or conduct purchasing of materials, supplies, equipment, permanent personal property, miscellaneous capital or contractual services. The state may purchase from any vendor selected as a result of such purchasing agreements. This paragraph does not apply to construction contracts that are subject to s. 16.855 or 66.0901.(b) The department may cooperate with purchasing agents and other interested parties of any other state or the federal government to develop uniform purchasing specifications under s. 16.72 (2) on a regional or national level to facilitate cooperative interstate purchasing transactions. (5) The department or its agents may enter into an agreement with the University of Wisconsin System under which either of the parties may agree to participate in, administer, or conduct purchasing transactions under a contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, permanent personal property, miscellaneous capital, or contractual services. (6) The department shall administer a program to facilitate purchases of large equipment that is needed by municipalities. The department shall purchase large equipment as a part of the program. The department may, by rule, prescribe requirements for participation in the program and for participation in specific purchases under the program.History:  1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29 s. 3200 (1); 1989 a. 335; 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2001 a. 16; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m, 9448; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 16.751 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.751 - Information technology purchases by investment board.

16.751  Information technology purchases by investment board. The requirements of ss. 16.72 (2) (b) and 16.75 (1) (a) 1. and (2m) (g) do not apply to procurements authorized to be made by the investment board under s. 16.78 (1) for information technology purposes. History:  1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 16.753 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.753 - Information relating to pending contracts and orders.

16.753  Information relating to pending contracts and orders. (1) In this section, “major expenditure" means an expenditure of $10,000 or more or, if a contract or order is for continuing purchases, an expenditure of $10,000 or more in the current fiscal biennium. (2) Except as otherwise expressly provided, each agency shall provide to the ethics commission for posting on the Internet a list identifying each solicitation for bids or competitive sealed proposals and each proposed order or contract of the agency for which bids or competitive sealed proposals will not be solicited that involves a major expenditure, together with all information required under sub. (4). (3) An agency shall post the information under sub. (2) within 24 hours of the time of initial solicitation or commencement of negotiations, or the time that the information becomes available, if the information is not available at the time of solicitation or commencement of negotiations, and shall maintain the posting until at least 90 days following the time of award of the contract or placement of the order or 90 days following the date of any change order, whichever is later. The agency shall also post any change order to a listed order or contract. If an original order or contract that did not involve a major expenditure, together with a change order, aggregates to a contract or order that involves a major expenditure, the agency shall post the information under sub. (2) with respect to that order or contract. (4) For each solicitation, contract, or order, the posting shall include:(a) A brief description of the purpose of the solicitation, contract, or order.(b) The name of the agency to which the materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services are to be provided.(c) A contact person within the agency under par. (b) from whom further information may be obtained.(d) The date of the solicitation and, if the contract has been entered into or the order has been placed, the date of that action.(e) A brief description and the date of any change order.(f) The estimated expenditures to be made under the contract or order, including any changes thereto, or if the contract or order is for continuing purchases the estimated expenditures to be made under the contract or order in the current fiscal biennium.History:  2005 a. 410; 2007 a. 1; 2011 a. 257; 2015 a. 118.