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Has your company signed up for the online Wisconsin County Purchasing Directory yet? This interactive tool is searchable, available 24/7 and allows vendors to include multiple contact names, email addresses and cross references all for one low rate. To be a vendor, fill out the form found at www.wcasi.com/vendorform.
For more information on the directory, click here.
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ABC News' Lindsay Hamilton Reports: Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he is taking his '08 presidential campaign from exploratory to official. Read more about it here.
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 The Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) opposes Senate Bill 57 (SB 57) which would prohibit the state's investment board from making certain investments relating to Sudan, stating it would negatively impact the State of Wisconsin Investment Board and particularly, the Wisconsin Retirement System.
In a letter to the bill's authors, WCA states, "We oppose this simply because of the $440 million loss to the funds managed by SWIB, in particular the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS).
WRS receives contributions from public employers and employees to pay benefits to retired or disabled public employees or their beneficiaries. In addition to a loss of approximately $440 million, there is great potential for missed opportunities that would occur from not investing. As a result, contributions to WRS will more than likely increase. Public employers will either pay higher contribution rates per employee or public employees will have to make that contribution to WRS."
Read on for the full letter to the legislators. |
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Rep. Steve Wieckert is calling for an end to unfunded mandates and wants to make sure his colleagues think twice before passing along more of them to local governments. Read an article from the Wisconsin Radio Network here on this issue. |
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 WCA recently voiced its opposition over H.R. 811, a federal piece of legislation that deals with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and deadlines for certain election activities. Read on for WCA Legislative Associate Jayme Sellen's letter to the bill's authors. Full story... |
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 The Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation (County Mutual) announced they have contracted with Bruce J. Scott of Custom Confidential, LLC to re-introduce the successful Advanced Law Enforcement Risk Training (A.L.E.R.T.) program and plan curriculum for it.Full story... |
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As a part of its ongoing training for member counties and municipalities, the Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation (County Mutual) and Community Insurance Corporation, along with the Mutual's Advanced Law Enforcement Training (A.L.E.R.T.) program will offer seminars in April and June entitled, "Media Relations for Law Enforcement."
From creating a public relations standard operating procedure to the nuts and bolts of media relations, the A.L.E.R.T. seminar, "Media Relations Training for Law Enforcement," will offer a comprehensive program that can't be missed. Read on for registration information. Full story... |
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 The Wisconsin County Human Services Association will be holding their annual conference May 9-11, 2007 in Milwaukee at the Hyatt Regency. The theme of the conference is "Lessons Learned...Continued." All county officials are encouraged to attend. Read on for registration information.Full story... |
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The Legislative Reference Bureau, a non-partisan service agency of the Wisconsin Legislature, publishes Governing Wisconsin, a series of brief discussions of how government works in Wisconsin. Read the latest here, Administrative Rules in Wisconsin. |
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 NACo has launched a new Green Government Initiative to assist local governments in "going green." The initiative draws upon the support of 11 founding corporate members to help NACo serve as a comprehensive resource for local governments on all things "green," including energy efficiency, renewable and alternative energy, green building, air quality, water quality and land use.
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